Academy Awards Show Is Stupid
Posted at 6:45 pm | Filed Under Awards Shows
When will the TV network executives wake up and realize that we, the public, do NOT care to watch your Academy Awards show!
I almost never agree with who the academy picks for their awards. A perfect example of this is the best picture award for this year went to Hurts Locker. But the best picture in my mind was Avatar, and the public agrees with me because it has been the highest grossing movie in the history of film making. And yes, I understand inflation and how these numbers are not really comparable to the past. I also know that we paid a premium for the 3D glasses. Yet still, more people went to see Avatar than any other movie that the academy nominated.
The real question is who are these academy members that get to nominate and vote every year? Well, let me tell you a story about the one I met. This guy was working for me in a dot com company because he was in between acting jobs. In fact, he was having a lot of trouble finding work. His wife, also an actor, was currently working on a movie overseas. So his wife let this guy do all the voting.
So, to show you how silly this Academy Awards are, this guy I knew went ahead and copied his voting sheet and passed it out to every employees in my company. The votes were tallied up, and that is what he sent into the academy. This took place awhile back, and he knew he would get in trouble for doing this, so I am withholding his name and the company name.
My point is, most of the 6,000 academy members who vote, are starving actors. They will usually only vote for an underdog. (And they do not vote for some rich and famous James Cameron). They prefer low budget films that display a lot of art. These types of movies I refuse to watch. In fact, for many years now I ignore any reference that is made to the awards, and choose only what I like to see.
So this Academy Show needs to be removed from public TV, and put on some closed circuit network for the Hollywood people to watch in private. They can pat themselves on their backs, and get all excited about how thousands of unemployed and starving actors thought that they did a great job! But if they really want to know the truth, check the box office receipts or the TV ratings. This is how we the public are telling Hollywood exactly how we feel about their work!
This is the one main reason why I like watching Reality TV. I especially like programs that have been produced by Mark Burnett. I think actors are too full of themselves, and I would much rather watch real people running around doing competitions and playing politics. Now that to me is excellent entertainment!
James, RealityTVTonight.com
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