Stuff I hate (part 2 of a series)
Awards.
A for instance: After Goodfellas, The Last Temptation of Christ, Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, King of Comedy, and more, Scorcese gets a directing Oscar(TM) for a tedious and ridiculous self-parody "The Departed" with featured an embarrassing performance by Jackie "The Joker" Nicholson, denouement of bullets-to-the-head that is executed (excuse the pun) seemingly without the slightest awareness of its own absurdity.
So that two things I hate. Awards (because they are often for something else -- which will be the case if Chabon wins the Hugo this year) and "The Departed."
1 comments:
I hate awards of all kind because I hate competition. Usually people are afraid to say that because most people are afraid that the winners of said awards will call them losers. Well, whatever.
Awards for art is retarded. I can see people getting an award for a footrace, the winner is clear, the athlete who took the most steroids.
How do you measure steroid levels in works of art? Each piece of art is doing a slightly different thing or in the case of a great work of art, a completely new thing.
How to compare a foot racer vs. a hang glider? It doesn't even make sense.
It is ridiculous to think band can battle it out unless they slap each other around with their bass guitars.
So I hate awards because they are stupid and don't make any sense unless it is for biting someone's ear off.
I also think that awards increase contention and unhappiness. I am also a cranky, old bastard.
Lao Tzu Agrees:
"Not to honor people of worth will keep the people from contention"
Fred
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