Who watched the Oscars?

by philg

Who watched the Oscars? My friend’s 11-year-old daughter made him watch it and then mocked what she felt to be the crude promotion of women as a class (she doesn’t see her own female gender ID as a handicap, a failure of our local school system?).

If these folks are serious about shielding Americans from the products of white males, why not shift from U.S. production to importing movies from China and India? Both countries have comprehensive film industries that are generally free of white male influence (Iran also makes some great movies, but maybe some directors there would be considered too white?). Profitability could be increased because production costs are lower in China and India? The U.S. industry can still make some movies, but have them all directed by Harvey Weinstein’s former shower buddies?

Readers: If you watched the Oscars, what did you take away from the show? Did the movies that won deserve to win?

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11 thoughts on “Who watched the Oscars?”

  1. Iranians are ‘aryan’ by definition. To my surprise I remember people protesting against the government chanting something on the lines of ‘we are an aryan people and will will not tolerate [insert grievance here]’.

    On the topic, I did not watch the Oscars. I have not seen any of the movies.

  2. The fact Kobe Bryant won an Oscar shows how little anybody at the Academy actually cares about #MeToo

  3. I am not qualified to comment. I think this makes more than 20 years in a row where I have not seen one Oscar nominated movie in a theater. This is the first year in many that I’ve even seen an Oscar nominated movie before the show as Dunkirk is available on DVD.

    I never watch award shows.

    Karen… It surprised me that Kobe Bryant won too. But then your comment was the first I had heard about his nomination. I guess I’m really out of touch with popular culture. At least parts of it.

  4. I have not watched the Oscar for so long, 30 years?! But all what the Oscar is about, is Hollywood self praising each other, nothing more. And to be praised, you will need to know someone in the circle, and I mean “really” be known with some secrets (i.e.: Harvey Weinstein).

    Hollywood is OK to have their wife’s and men have soft sex on the big screen “because it is their job” but they cry foul when a story like Harvey Weinstein breaks out (not that I’m approving what he did, just pointing out the fact).

  5. As an older caucasoid heterosexual cis-male, I felt my toxic masculinity preventing me from watching the Oscars every time my hand went to the remote.

    It was difficult to steel myself and eventually watch the many AOCs (actors of color) and empowered women take charge and wrest the proceedings from the pale, male and stale forepeople who used to run the program as a slave auction/cronyfest.

    Empowering and beautiful.

  6. I watched the oscars and enjoy it every year! I was interested that they chose an unknown film maker to be the face of transgenderism when the wachowski brothers (now sisters) are far more prominent.

  7. I can’t understand what my wife finds so compelling in this dreary, hours-long festival of Hollywood narcissism. That said, she forgot about it this time so there is hope.

  9. I haven’t watched myself, but I’ll say that any show that reaches 26 mil simultaneous viewers in the age of youtubes and facebooks is a big success!

  10. I watch for the fashion show. Much more entertaining than the awards.

    I think I’ll go to the movies and watch “creature from the black lagoon” and probably “Fargo II”.

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