Kerry wrote: > Does anyone else feel conflicted about award shows, namely the Grammys? > I've always had major problems with them, but yet I still watch and cheer if > someone I like "wins." My problems with them are: 1) They usually ignore a > VAST number of talented (yet lesser known) artists, 2) The categories are > too broad and they end up throwing very different artists together (for > example, Joni and Christina A. - light years away from each other > musically). 3) They supposedly honor musical quality, but most of the > nominees are groups who have sold millions of albums in the past year. > > With all of these problems, I will still watch and hope Joni wins. Is this > weird or what? Can anyone help me with this debilitating problem? I may > need therapy.....:>) I feel exactly the same way (see, we do have something in common ;o) ) about the Grammy's. I always watch, and I'm always disappointed that the "good" stuff gets overlooked. Obviously it's only my opinion, but record sales don't necessarily mean that the music is worth what it's sold for. I'd take one Joni album over a thousand Britany Spears! I feel a little the same about the Academy Awards. You always pretty much know who's getting the Oscar before it starts, and I get frustrated sometimes that there can only ever be one winner in each category. For example (and don't flame me for this one) I thought Tom Cruise's performance in Rain Man was as equally deserving of an Oscar as Dustin Hoffman's. It was the one movie that convinced me that he could actually act. Of course you have to ignore Cocktail and Risky Business at the same time! Hell ____________________________ "To have great poets, there must be great audiences too." - Walt Whitman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the NBLs (Natural Born Losers) at: http://www.nbls.co.nz
