"Meanwhile, both the New York and Los Angeles Times have hired “professional Oscar prognosticators” to provide daily Internet updates, beginning months ahead of the ceremony. The concept of a “professional Oscar prognosticator” makes me very sad. Is it really a point of pride to be able to predict the whims of an insular group of elderly showbiz people who tend to have terrible taste? This all strikes me as some gay version of fantasy football."- Sean Burns, in a must-read Philadelphia Weekly essay. I think about the Oscars about two days a year- when the nominations are announced, and on Oscar night. I think movies themselves are a lot more important than what "the industry" thinks about them- "Crash"'s laughable Best Picture win being Exhibit A. Posted by Stephen Silver at January 17, 2007 05:36 PM
"gay version of fantasy football" ... couldnt have said it better myself. awesome.
Posted by: LilB at January 18, 2007 08:14 AMI know a lot of people really get into it, but it seems like every year, "Oscar season" gets longer and longer. The problem that I have with them is that the Academy takes themselves so damn serious that they always feel like they need to nominate "important" movies instead of just good ones.
Posted by: Emily at January 18, 2007 03:05 PM