The Oscars are such an interesting cultural artifact. Everything you need to know about culture, entertainment, charm and propriety is all laid out in this one event. Last night, over at Eric’s to watch the festivities, I learned a great many things. Among them were the following:
1. Having a stroke makes you smile a lot.
2. Celebrities wearing black evening gowns are boring and bad. Fashion commentators wearing smocks apparently constructed from kitchen curtains are stylish.
3. J. Lo is preparing for the next John Hughes 80s Prom movie.
4. Sometimes deserving folk do win.
5. Movies depicting Disneyfied versions of real people’s lives are the best movies. Clearly.
And don’t forget #6: Racism is over now. Thanks, Denzel and Halle!
and #7: The academy will give its awards to the best performance possible, and, if making a curious oversight will not award the same individual the next year(s) for a lesser performance.
Oh wait. Oops.