Oscars/Academia

[joanna bujes]

At 04:51 PM 03/25/2003 -0500, to my characterization
> > The Oscars are a three hour advertisement for Hollywood and the American
> > way (and a fashion show) disguised as an awards ceremony. I have watched it
> > off and on over the years. I don't know that I have ever seen a more
> > self-satisfied bunch of people all together in one place in my whole life.
> >

Carrol wrote


>Oh Come now Joanna. Haven't you attended faculty meetings when you were
>teaching?

There's no comparison. Faculty were self-satisfied, but there was also 
tremendous anxiety....also there was a lot less networking going on in 
academia as there seems to be in Hollywood. One way or another, a movie IS 
a team effort. NOTHING is a team effort in academia; it's each man for 
himself. Hence, I suppose, the underlying anxiety.

Joanna