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PIERS MORGAN: RIP The Oscars – these grim, woke-ravaged, fun-devoid awards were a howlingly dull train-wreck that killed the Hollywood dream stone dead
UK Daily Mail ^ | April 27 2021 | Piers Morgan

Posted on 04/27/2021 12:12:08 AM PDT by knighthawk

The howl was loud, prolonged, anguished and animated.

Actress Frances McDormand's bizarre imitation of a wolf was comfortably the most surprising and interesting part of this year's Oscars.

And although there was a heartfelt story behind it – she was paying tribute to a sound engineer on her movie Nomadland named Michael Wolf Snyder who took his life earlier this year – the howl perfectly encapsulated my own feelings watching the most unwatchable Academy Awards in history.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: awards; hollywood; oscars
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To: knighthawk

There are really only about fifty plot lines for drama since early Greek times. The Greeks used one that Western Civilization has never used, but give it time.

However, now, when you click on the TV to watch entertainment, there are some new ones. One show heralds multiculturalism, go to another show and it is about diversity, next, inclusion, then cultural cancellation, then Critical Race theory. That is why entertainment is in the toilet, and a witness that mainstream American culture is not as wounded, or woke, as it is made out to be by the leftist media and education.


21 posted on 04/27/2021 4:26:32 AM PDT by odawg
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To: knighthawk

the sad part is 9-million people watched this twaddle...


22 posted on 04/27/2021 4:34:05 AM PDT by wny ( s)
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To: SmokingJoe

My Brit husband always asks my source when I tell him about an article that I read on FR. If it’s the Daily Mail, he scoffs. When we lived there we paid for delivery of the Daily Mail. Yes, Brits do think it’s trash now.


23 posted on 04/27/2021 4:34:16 AM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell.)
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To: knighthawk

But in all fairness to Hollyweird, there were no blockbuster movies last year because of COVID shutting down all of the theaters, so I’m surprised they even had an Oscars program this year.


24 posted on 04/27/2021 4:35:08 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: x_plus_one

Umm, US Gypsum is still alive. I use their products all the time.


25 posted on 04/27/2021 4:42:30 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged )
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To: knighthawk
The Oscars has always been an exercise in self-congratulation since the first one in 1929. The difference is, back then it was an insider-only affair where all the Hollywood stars gathered without the public watching it.
26 posted on 04/27/2021 4:47:41 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople (What if the Lord sent CNBA id OVID-19 to immunize the world from something more deadly?)
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To: x_plus_one

“The expense of importing sheetrock from China was less than the expense to make it in Ohio”

The cheapness of transporting goods halfway around the world has made a mess of things.


27 posted on 04/27/2021 4:47:55 AM PDT by cymbeline
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To: SmokingJoe

“The Times” is a good read...


28 posted on 04/27/2021 5:00:01 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: originalbuckeye
Yes, Brits do think it's trash now.

Depends on which Brits you are talking to. The Daily Mail is not even close to the National Enquirer when it comes to trashiness. And Pierce Morgan for all his faults, is not a trashy National Enquirer type journalist.
And by the way, I did live in the UK and read the Daily Mail for years.

29 posted on 04/27/2021 5:28:21 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: x_plus_one

Tried to watch that movie but the sight of an old woman peeing by the side of the road was too much.


30 posted on 04/27/2021 5:29:50 AM PDT by ops33 (SMSgt, USAF, Retired)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
The Times is ok, but then not as conservative as one would like. Owned by Murdoch.
31 posted on 04/27/2021 5:30:25 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: FreedomPoster
You realize that the self-proclaimed elites will simply write off that collapse in ratings as Trump's fault. Because of him and his influence, we're all just uneducated racist, homophobic rubes that don't recognize their brilliance.

Not satire. I'm expecting that line of horse manure any moment.

32 posted on 04/27/2021 5:39:11 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Biden/Harris - illegitimate and everyone knows it.)
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To: knighthawk

Couldn’t happen to a more deserving bunch of cultists.


33 posted on 04/27/2021 5:58:32 AM PDT by bray (Hating Whites is racist)
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To: BobL

British don’t care about who gets beat up in America. I asked him what he would recommend as a better source and I didn’t get an answer. I tried to think about an alternative to the DM and I couldn’t really think of one. The Guardian? The Express? There really isn’t a standout paper in the UK.


34 posted on 04/27/2021 6:09:16 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Beowulf9

There are still a zillion stories in the press about it for people to read, so they still get their reach.


35 posted on 04/27/2021 6:11:18 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ThunderSleeps

I’m fine with that. But the ultimate reality is that at some point, advertisers will quit paying for their BS, theater owners will not pay to run their junk.


36 posted on 04/27/2021 6:20:23 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster
That's a wonderful graphic to see. It shows clearly how increasingly irrelevant the Hollywood crowd is to the rest of us. I'm old enough to remember (back in the 1970s) when these award shows were major events and ordinary people would host "Oscar" or "Grammy" parties in their homes, where people would gather to watch together while snacking on jello molds and pretzels while sipping on wine or Lowenbrau beer.

They even had this prime time show back then called "Battle Of The Network Stars" in which you would have for instance, Farrah Fawcett in a tug of war with Penny Marshall and silly stuff like that. TV Guide was the number one selling magazine in the country.

But back in those days, celebrities were mostly humble at these award shows. They thanked their fans, graciously accepted the trophy, and walked off the stage.

Somewhere along the line, they got a little big-headed and started proclaiming their virtues in these acceptance speeches. Suddenly we were hearing about the plight of the Indians, the Kurds, the starving people Africa and whatnot. They began assuming that they were more noble and important than the rest of us peons watching at home and that we needed to be lectured to. Then they'd crawl back into their limos with their champagne and party on the rest of the night.

So I'm glad America has tuned these blowhards out.

Old Hollywood is crumbling. Quality movies come to us from other nations and from independent studios. Quality content is being created by regular people and put out on YouTube and such.

It is at the point where none of us need "network" television anymore or any traditional media for that matter. So many more options out there. A lifetime of older movies to explore. There are literally thousands of great movies made prior to say 1980, that are worth seeing. Go on YouTube and you can lose yourself among the billions (yes billions) of videos that do not consist of big-headed celebrities acting self-important.

37 posted on 04/27/2021 6:27:36 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (By stealing Trump's second term, the Left gets Trump for 8 more years instead of just four.)
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To: knighthawk

I’ve only read about the Oscars after they were over. I am surprised they can get 9 million to tune in.


38 posted on 04/27/2021 6:52:57 AM PDT by lurk ( )
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To: lurk

9 million hate America as much as Hollywierd does.


39 posted on 04/27/2021 7:06:25 AM PDT by bray (Hating Whites is racist)
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To: knighthawk
the most unwatchable Academy Awards in history

And they are supposed to be in the business of world class entertaining productions. How odd.

What next, News media outlets that don't provide any news, but offer only corrupt lies and leftist activism?

40 posted on 04/27/2021 7:10:06 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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