I don't really get all the fuss over the Oscars. I watched pretty much the whole thing today, including a couple hours of the pre-show. Okay, granted, the Slumdog Millionaire stuff was pretty cool, and I quite liked the Jerry Lewis quote:
"I shall pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way aqain!"
But really, half the time I was wondering what the big deal was. By the end, even the person I was watching with was getting bored -- despite repeated assurances to the contrary -- and she was the one who wanted to watch in the first place. It appears there is some justice in the world, after all.
In the end, it was just kind of exhausting. The most apt comparison I can think of would be an agnostic attending a 5-hour Catholic mass. It's interesting, in a vague sort of cross-cultural-discovery way, for the first half hour or so, then you just want to go take a nap.
I guess not having cable service for a while has weaned me off the celebrity worship. Or maybe I'm just getting crotchety in my advancing years.
Heh.
Crotch.
