Oscars and the Grouch

Normally I am pretty much anti-Oscars. I get the shivers when all those self-absorbed celebrities celebrate their celebrityness, and the fawning Hollywood press basks in it all. Drawn by the desire to see how Jon Stewart did, I actually sat through the whole thing this year and generally enjoyed it. Using Tivo to skip through the endless thank-yous to agents (and even lawyers fercryingoutloud) helped. I am pretty sure that last year I had not even seen a single movie that won an award. This year I did not fare quite so badly. Kyla and I saw Crash together and really liked it. Dara and I saw Good Night and Good Luck -- great story for those of you longing for a revival of the fourth estate as opposed to state-owned propaganda propagators. The Constant Gardener wasn't bad. I haven't had my Brokeback experience -- I mean seeing the movie, to be more explicit. Personally, on that subject, I enjoyed Larry David's piece that appeared originally in the NYTimes. Dara was not amused. Oh well, she never liked Seinfeld either.