I can’t divert my eyes from the Oscarnage. →
Why do I do this to myself? Every year I loathe the entire spectacle, starting with the announcement of the nominees. The concept, like all “creative competitions” is ill conceived. This we already know. To compare one movie against another, and declare one the winner, and the other, by implication, the loser, is pointless, meaningless, wrongheaded, empty. Yet, in every “creative “ business, some such ritual arises. I’ll never understand it.
So why can’t I use my loathing as a motivation to…
