March 5, 2006
Oscars: Ends with musical pimp slap.
Wow! "Crash" won best picture! It couldn't have been any sweeter if the makers of this important film had gotten as much time to accept their award as, say, Reese Witherspoon. I know she's America's Sweetheart and loves her grandmama and little babies and husband, but they even cut the music off for her to talk. That's cruddy, ya'll.
And it's over. What have we learned tonight? That if you chill with Tootie long enough, somebody might give you an award. That sometimes the best speeches are by people you've never heard of. That being given an award by a cartoon duck means they don't really like you. And that if you've made the best picture of the year, Elle Woods still gets more props than you do.
Night, possums! Off to beddy bye! Because it's hard out here for a girl whose foot is asleep.
Posted by Leslie Streeter at March 5, 2006 11:35 PMDozed off for the last half hour. It's ok, I didn't see ANY of the movies that got awards, or really, any of the movies that were nominated.
I watched for Jon Stewart, off to slow start but then the audienced warmed up and he was great. :-)
Posted by: me at March 6, 2006 11:40 AMI really thought Reese Witherspoon deserved to win best actress and her speech on "just trying to matter" is a speech we all give ourselves subconsciously...don't be to hard on Americas sweetheart-she's done a great job.
Posted by: las at March 6, 2006 5:42 PMGlad there's someone out there defending "Crash' (other than Oprah). The way critics are talking makes you feel like an idiot for liking the movie. However I saw it many months ago and it still resonates. And no, it wasn't because it made me feel smug or superior to the characters. It was because it reminded me that the prejudices in our society are always just below the surface, even in those of us who hope we don't have them.
Posted by: Charlotte at March 8, 2006 11:34 PM
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