I don't watch the elitist Oscars

[bluestateguy]

Red Carpet's, limousines, police barricades and gawking celebrity gossip reporters, and a big party that I'm not even invited to.

[HeresyLives]

1. Oh FGS...

:rofl:

[Codeine]

2. You're just a shill for Big Apostrophe. nt

[Electric Monk]

3. LO'L

[Tunkamerica]

26. Who's Red Carpet and is all that stuff his?

[PurityOfEssence]

32. Sad: another possessive-compulsive

Psst: there are a WHOLE BUNCH of parties you haven't been invited to...

[wtmusic]

4. You've been invited to the Annual DU Award Dinner

Let's see...we have you down for nachos? :shrug:

[Cleita]

5. Huh! I don't watch it because it's boring.

All the elitist trappings are why they call it tinsel town. The gowns and tuxes are rented or borrowed. The jewelry is on loan. The limos are rented. Many designers, hair stylists and make-up artists pretty much donate their services because it's good advertising for them. All the police are paid for by us the tax-payers.

IT'S ALL FAKE TO PUT ON A SHOW TO KEEP PEOPLE GOING TO THE MOVIES!

[DesertFlower]

6. a few years ago right before the oscars,

jay leno said you could hear the whir of the liposuction machines.

[napi21]

7. I don't watch them eother. Movies & celebrities don't

matter to me.

If you want to watch and cheer, more power to ya. I'll watch some rerun that interests me.

[Hissyspit]

8. There's a great awful movie on TCM. It's...

"The Oscar"

:D

Seriously, it was written by Harlan Ellison (a great writer) and is supposed to be ridiculous.

[Bluenorthwest]

13. Oh that is a real winnner!

And of course Harlan Ellison is also a real winner. I love his work.

[Kitty Herder]

12. Same here. Bores me to tears. nt

[Dreamer Tatum]

9. Sucks to be you. The rest of us were invited.

Look for us on TV in the background.

[Codeine]

10. I don't drink with Oscar. nt

[Manifestor_of_Light]

11. I look to see if any of the women are wearing a flattering dress.

Most of them have way too much boobage fallout and wear all sorts of ugly colors and shapes.

The most beautiful and flattering dress I saw was one that Oprah wore, black knit, long sleeved and slinky, with silver and blue sequins around the V neck and shoulders, to draw attention to the cleavage instead of Oprah's weight. It was designed by Bob Mackie.

[Hissyspit]

17. Penelope Cruz' is beautiful.

[Tunkamerica]

14. I don't eat olives.

[PurityOfEssence]

29. I pit-y you

and quit your brining.

[Heidi]

31. That's "pit'y," just so you know.

:rofl:

[dionysus]

15. well, aren't you special.

n/t

[Libertas1776]

16. heh, even if i wanted to watch that elitist crap...

i can't. my fucking cable company and ABC had a hissy fit with each other and now i have no abc. fuck em both. plus, my area keeps getting black outs. Jesus, they just keep piling it on, don't they.

[Touchdown]

18. Elitist? Any event which Matthew McConaughey is invited to

...as well as Woody Harrelson cannot be elitist... unless it's now elitist to be a huge pothead...

[applegrove]

19. But the dresses! How can you possibly miss out on all that silk & taffeta.

[ChoppinBroccoli]

20. I Hear All The Presenters Use TELEPROMPTERS, Anyway!!!

These people call themselves actors? They can't even give a simple awards presentation without using a teleprompter. What frauds!

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

21. They need award ceremonies for everybody.

:crazy:

[spanone]

22. i do

[Stevenmarc]

23. Well it's not like you're going to get invited to a party of mine either.

Just like the Oscars I have to draw a line somewhere.

[ShortnFiery]

24. Agreed.

:-) :hi:

[proteus_lives]

25. Sarcasm?

If not, then you're pretty sad and spiteful.

[quinnox]

27. Never get the appeal of awards shows

Who cares who wins, usually the best movies are not even nominated. I like watching movies but award shows are meaningless to me. And as a previous reply said, they are really dull to watch.

[dysfunctional press]

28. wow. you are like...so fucking cool, man...

:patriot:

[begin_within]

30. Here's what I learned from tonight's Oscars

Colin Farrell and Jeremy Renner once slept together.
Sandra Bullock kissed Meryl Streep and liked it.
George Clooney hasn't gotten laid in a while.
Alec Baldwin could never make it as a standup comic.
The Academy needs to fire whoever left Farrah Fawcett and Bea Arthur out of "The late show."

[PurityOfEssence]

33. It's the Motion Picture Academy, not the Television Academy

In all fairness, Farrah Fawcett and Bea Arthur were TV actresses, not that that's anything inferior. Bea Arthur made virtually no movies; the few of note are things like "Lovers and Other Strangers" and "Mame". Farrah made a few more, but also VERY few; she, too, was a TV actress.

Of course, this begs the question of including Michael Jackson, since "The Wiz" is hardly a huge body of work, but he DID have many of his songs used in movies, and he was a HUGE star who bridged many media.

AMPAS is effectively throwing itself a party; there's plenty of schmaltz, glitz and outright hogwash, but many honorable attempts at according notice and praise to many who've actually accomplished something DO happen.

[MissMarple]

34. And I don't go to bowling tournaments, FOCUS events, or GOP caucuses..

Just...because.