And the Oscar goes to........Who cares?

I love movies! Old movies, new movies, action, drama or comedy, no matter, I love them. What I do not like, and have not watched for a very long time, is awards shows. The last time I watched the Academy Awards was when Billy Crystal hosted back in the early 90s. I still love movies, but I am not all that enamored with actors and actresses.

If I could watch an award show and be entertained, instead of preached or lectured to, I might tune in, but that ship has sailed. I watch movies because I like, or are interested, in the topic or story, not because I care about, or even know about the actors political or social views. I appreciate their acting talent, but that is all. I want to be entertained by the actor, not lectured to by them.

I also love music! I sing everyday and always have a song in my head. I always tell my kids I have musical turrets, because I will just break out into song at any time. But, I feel the same about musicians as I do actors. I go to a concert to be entertained, to hear their wonderful musical talent. I want to hear the popular songs that I sing along with on the radio, the songs from their CDs and new songs that they share and delight us with. I do not want to hear a political or social speech between each song, or propaganda flashing on the screen on the stage. I want them to sing and make me forget about all the turmoil in the world, because that is what music does for me.

I have no problem with people in the entertainment business having political or social views. If they have a need to share those views with others that is awesome, but do it in the proper forum. Award shows and concerts are not the appropriate forums. Rent a lecture hall, have a town hall meeting, go on a news show, and if people are actually interested in your opinion, they will show up to hear your views. No one buys a ticket to a concert because they want to hear the musician's opinion, they want to hear them sing. People do not watch award shows because they want to hear the entertainer's views on any topic other than the movie they were getting an award for, and how grateful they are for being able to make a mass fortune playing make believe.

So what I, and many other people will do tonight, is watch a rerun of some other show, get on line after the Oscars are over and see who won in each category. That way I can see what movies I now might want to go see, agree or disagree with the winners, or losers of the movies I have already seen, and happily not be annoyed by all the speeches.

Now that you have read this, doesn't sound a bit like a speech given at an awards program?