I'm not sure I agree that they were given in a political manner.. I
would more appropriately say the awards more closely represent the
age difference in people who are voting for the Academy today that
just 10 years ago and it is that the voters are younger, which is why
no awards that I can think of except the special one for Aldrich,
were awarded to older actors, directors etc.
3-6 Mafia is the most obvious, but my feelings are that the older
generation was perfectly snubbed by the voters.
Now I haven't seen Crash, so I can't compare it to the other films.
But I think that George Clooney or Spielberg should have been the
winners for best director.
Of course, I would go to my grave saying that either Dolly or Annie
Lennox (I liked Annie best. did she sing the song for the film, or
just for the Oscars ??) should have gotten best song and I can't
imagine any older voter going for 3-6 mafia. I mean, that song
sounded more like garbage to me than rock & roll did to my parents or
my grandparents. What were they thinking??
But it is without a doubt part of the fact that corporate boardrooms
are more & more full of younger leaders and that older folks are
being pushed to the side, and damn.. I'm 49, and these awards even
make me feel like I'm older than any of the voters because the
"philosophy" of these awards this year is like being usurped by teenagers..
maybe they should start calling the Oscars the "X-Generation Film Awards"
Rich===================
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