The Oscars

[Abdee]

Not everything was trivial Joanna. A tribute to New York so sincerely done
by woody Allen and Ms. Ephron was not trivial. Sidney Poitier's achievement
is not trivial. Randy Newman's talent is not trivial. Neither was Mr.
Morris' short documentary where we saw ordinary people, ourselves, and a
couple celebrities like Susan Sontag talking half-seriously about movies.
Why  is "Sopranos" an exception, it comes from the same factory with same
formulas? How's a commercial "Chekhovian'?
Abdee

----- Original Message -----
From: "joanna bujes" <joanna.bujes at ebay.sun.com>
To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 6:53 PM
Subject: The Oscars


> Lapsing into the trivial, for a change.... I watched the Oscars Sunday
> night with my mother (74-year-old emigree from the old country (Romania)).
> She doesn't get out much, so these spectacles form the bulk of her
cultural
> nutrition.  At the end, she remarked that the best part of the show had
> been the commercials.
>
> She was right. The "substance" of the show was so self-congratulatory,
> contrived, and superficial...that it made the commercials look positively
> Chekhovian and deep by contrast. Now, the only TV I watch is "Sopranos"
and
> "6 Feet Under"...so let me ask those of you who indulge: Is this generally
> true? Are the commercials better than standard programming? If so, do you
> think it's by design?
>
> Joanna
>