The eighth deadly sin are Award Shows. Combining gluttony, sloth, pride and vanity the phenomenon corrodes our society. On the upside, it allows Joan Rivers and her daughter a chance to throw barbs at poorly dressed celebrities.
In addition to the kiss of death GRAMMYs, there are any number of “Red Carpet Events” for the elites to thank the little people.
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People's Choice Awards is a classic. Held annually since 1975, the awards are voted on by the general public via online polls and recognise the best of popular culture. In reality, the People's Choice is more accurately reflected in box office receipts. Online polls can show kangaroos are more popular than root canals, ooops bad example. Online polls lack credibility, whereas someone's ability to plop down 10 bucks to see a movie is a clear example of the people making a choice.
Critics Choice Awards exist solely for Roger Ebert to show he has friends. Since the passing of Gene Siskel, poor Roger has been seeking meaning in his life and has fallen into the trap of political activism. Critics alarmed that the people had away of expressing their own opinion, created a venue to once again show they are the smartest people in the room.
The Golden Globes, surprisingly, are not presented to the actresses with the most convincing augmentations. Instead this “prestigious” award is presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the Golden Globes recognises the best in film and television from the US and around the world. This allows the Belgian and Portuguese version of Roger Ebert to show they have more friends than the Chicago Sun-Times critic.
The Screen Actors Guild awards is the best example of AYSO's effect on society. In the American Youth Soccer Organization, everybody plays, no matter what skill level or proficiency you exhibit. In addition, everyone in AYS0 wins some type of award. The SAG is a US union for artists in the entertainment industry. Its famous awards focus exclusively on the performers, so don't expect to see awards for Best Film or Best Comedy. Instead the 13 awards focus on the actors' performances in film and television, including awards for best film cast and best television ensemble, with a separate award for stunt ensembles. In reality the SAG are a forum for Susan Sarandon to give a speech.
The ESPYs are an award ESPN gives to ESPN for being ESPN. ESPN takes clips from ESPN and based upon ESPN standards champions the best example of what ESPN is all about, which of course is ESPN.
Mr. Irrelevant is awarded to the person who was the last pick in the entire NFL draft. Former winners include Terry Morris, a manager for Verizon, Tilden Sprague, a salesman for Larry H. Miller Subaru in Glendale, Arizona and Don Nottingham who actually played four years with the Baltimore Colts. Mr. irrelevant is very closely related to the Screen Actors Guild awards.
The Sammie's are awards given to citizens who act as citizens. The Sam they are named after is of course Sam Adams, the famous beer maker.
The Daytime Emmy Awards, soft porn without nudity, and the AVN awards, hard-core porn with nudity and just about anything else are awarded to people at different stages of the sex industry.
The proliferation of awards reduces their importance. Every book, every movie, every TV show and every fart has won an award, or at least been nominated.
For the sensitive actor to feel love, would it be easier just to wear a shirt that says, “My mommy thinks I'm special."
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