Tonight’s the big night, they say. Oscar night, and what are my immediate thoughts?

Well, Cynthia Garrett can officially kiss my big pasty ass.

Cynthia is one of the talking empty heads for ABC during the preshow for the Oscar telecast (Yes, the Oscars have a pregame). She just said easily one of the most condescending things I’ve ever heard from a Hollywood type, when discussing the movies nominated for Best Picture: “Well, it’s good that now America seems ready to think.”

I did a double-take at that. Mostly because it clued me into exactly how the Hollywood elite think of us bumpkins in the flyovers. To the “Elite,” we’re nothing but idiots and bigots who don’t know our asses from holes in the ground.

This is mostly emphasized in the movies chosen for Best Picture. It should be noted that the five movies nominated for Best Picture combined made about $100 million LESS than the Box office champ for 2005. I’ve seen one of the movies nominated- Crash- and I thought that was a piece of crap. (It should be noted, however, that I hate movies that feel it necessary to bash me over the head with the “message” that the movie espouses.)

Personally, my favorite commentary on Hollywood was made by Jason Siebels in his excellent webcomic Anywhere But Here. It starts here and continues for a couple of strips. Any time I feel just the slightest bit insulted by something the latest dumbass actor or actress says, I remember just how little these people actually think for themselves and I feel better.

That, and I get to have my own voice with my money- which for example I used by picking up a good movie this past week, Walk The Line. So, I’ve got that going for me.

Out.

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