- Every year I hear people complain that the Oscars aren’t glamorous anymore, and you’ve got to be kidding me. Who are on TV shows and the covers of celebrity magazines these days? “Housewives,” reality-show contestants and general miscreants who have done anything and everything for a little fame. The whole point of having more than just a few people controlling just a few channels–the very crux of our digital revolution–is that the information wouldn’t be controlled, that would we have a more democratic society, that there would be more opportunities for everyone. It’s about the elevation of the ordinary, the usurping of the accepted order. For the most part that’s a good thing, but some small things have been sacrificed. If everyone is a star than no one really is.
- The only position more thankless than Oscar telecast host is Presidential debate moderator. But people will continue to do these jobs because they seem prestigious even though the 24/7 nature of the news cycle has made both passé.
- If presented with the opportunity, Nikki Finke would fart into the open mouth of a sleeping baby. She is a horrid person, and as endless numbers of angry live-blogs about incredibly unimportant events pop up on our screens, we are all a little bit like her. Maybe a lot. Of course, that is also a more diffuse media and democracy at work.
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