Same ol' Dirty Tricks!
This is too funny.I wonder how many people took it seriously.
I haven't seen either movie (Crash is sitting on the PVR awaiting two hours of attention span that can be strung together sans children...) so I can't render a verdict either way, but the "for" and "against" hyperbole and conspiracy theories are quite entertaining. I mean the election bloggers haven't had anything to do since 2004...
After all it is only a movie.
As for the commentary that "red-states" prevented Brokeback from winning, are the judges who select the winners beholden to anyone in the red states?
All voting for Academy Awards is conducted by secret ballot and tabulated by the international auditing firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Secrecy is maintained by the auditors - the results of balloting are not revealed until the now-famous envelopes are opened on stage during the live television program. Because the Academy numbers among its members the ablest artists and craftsmen in the motion picture world, the Oscar represents the best achievements of the year in the opinion of those who themselves reside at the top of their craft.
Hardly a bastion of right-wing zealotry.
OK. I pose the question.
Which movie was better? Brokeback Mountain or Crash?
No conspiracy crap, homophobia, politics et al.
A straight up (no pun intended) decision as to which movie was better and why. I intend to see them both, so I have no vested interest either way.
Have at 'er!
Wow. The silence is deafening. I'm willing to bet dollars to donuts that the vast majority of people who cried foul when Brokeback Mountain did not win Best Picture haven't even seen it nor Crash.
Posted by Rue on 03/13 at 02:11 PMThe reason is obvious. Who benefits? The award-auditing-industrial complex. All the PwC auditors must hate the flick, and they rigged the ballot because Jake Gyllenhaal was going to pull U.S. troops out of Vietnam.
Posted by Chris Taylor on 03/13 at 08:36 PMAs spokesthing for the Award Auditors Industrial Association of America, I deeply resent Mr. Taylor's suggestion our organization, or anyone connected with it, had any interest in the first, second or third recounts of the Best Picture nominee ballots. We at the AAIAA are steadfastly resolved to upholding transparency and secrecy in all award auditing processes regardless of whether nominees address controversial issues in gay sheepherding or whatever Crash was about.
Posted by Flea on 03/14 at 11:52 AM
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