jon stewart
I loved Jon Stewart's performance on the Oscars. He was nervous at first, but settled down into being his charming self. I am probably more partial to him, so even if other people didn't like his performance, I believe that his performance was truly well done, especially in an era when no one can stop themselves from expressing their opinions on worldly affairs. Terrorism and war will always be on everyone's mind. Anybody that was expecting him to be too political or believing him to be incompatible for the role was wrong. He poked fun at everyone. At least he was a thinker.
A great moment of his was when he told the famous stars that people are saying Hollywood is out of touch with mainstream America, admitting that he had no joke. To which George Clooney replied that Hollywood has always been out of touch when it covered pressing issues of racism and wars. Still, I'm not sure how much I agree with Clooney's attempt to appropriate history for his own gains. Indeed, I am not aware of what Hollywood has accomplished.
Stewart light-heartedly said that after the movies covered those pressing issues, "none of those issues were ever a problem again." Were that it was true!
I'm surprised that "It's tough out here for a pimp" won the Best Original Song category. It doesn't reflect on black people very highly. Then again, maybe none of the other songs were considered meaningful or original.
(From what I'm reading on other blogs, there is a lot of controversy regarding that Jon Stewart, if you can believe it, was not political enough. They must have wanted him to bash Bush on national television. I for the most part agree that Hollywood takes itself too seriously if no one understands Stewart's penchant for irony.)
There's also a complaint that Brokeback Mountain did not win the Oscar for Best Picture. I don't think winning it is that important, or would have been indicative of progressiveness. Besides, the movie would have been better with gay actors, a philosophy I've just realized, because having straight actors play this movie is like having white actors playing black in a minstrel show.
A great moment of his was when he told the famous stars that people are saying Hollywood is out of touch with mainstream America, admitting that he had no joke. To which George Clooney replied that Hollywood has always been out of touch when it covered pressing issues of racism and wars. Still, I'm not sure how much I agree with Clooney's attempt to appropriate history for his own gains. Indeed, I am not aware of what Hollywood has accomplished.
Stewart light-heartedly said that after the movies covered those pressing issues, "none of those issues were ever a problem again." Were that it was true!
I'm surprised that "It's tough out here for a pimp" won the Best Original Song category. It doesn't reflect on black people very highly. Then again, maybe none of the other songs were considered meaningful or original.
(From what I'm reading on other blogs, there is a lot of controversy regarding that Jon Stewart, if you can believe it, was not political enough. They must have wanted him to bash Bush on national television. I for the most part agree that Hollywood takes itself too seriously if no one understands Stewart's penchant for irony.)
There's also a complaint that Brokeback Mountain did not win the Oscar for Best Picture. I don't think winning it is that important, or would have been indicative of progressiveness. Besides, the movie would have been better with gay actors, a philosophy I've just realized, because having straight actors play this movie is like having white actors playing black in a minstrel show.
posted by Alan at March 06, 2006
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