Posted by
Roxanna M. on Monday, February 26, 2007 5:55:10 PM
Well, the most politically correct Oscar ceremony is now history. There were certainly some no-brainers.
The host of the festivities was Ellen DeGeneres, Hollywood's most famous gay person.
Al Gore's movie won. Of course it did. It's a movie on the most politically correct topic of the day, put together by the man Hollywood wanted to win in 2000. Duh! The Acadmy wasn't bothered in the least by the fact that it was a work of pure fiction.
Melissa Etheridge's song. Ditto. She's gay. The song was in a movie about global warming. Duh! I suppose it would have been bad form not to act surprised.
"Letters from Iwo Jima" was nominated for Best Picture, while "Flags of Our Fathers" was not. Small surprise that Hollywood preferred the movie from the enemies' perspective rather than from America's.
We heard the word "diversity" all night long, as though diversity is the be all and end all. Silly me. I thought the Oscars were to recognize the best, not the far flung.
A moment of genuine sweetness was when Jennifer Hudson won for Best Supporting Actress. From American Idol reject to Oscar winner. It doesn't get much sweeter than that. She even said the word "God" on stage. Since it wasn't prefacing the word "d**n," the audience probably didn't know what she was talking about.
As entertainment, it was pretty dull. As farce, it was fabulous.