QOTD: What are some examples of great Hollywood satire — TV or film — that works?
And does satire need to sting in order to be great?
talk amongst yourselves
a feminist film critic defends the Onion’s Quvenzhané Wallis tweet
Yeah, I’m going there.
QOTD: What did you love and hate about the Oscars?
Seth MacFarlane sang about boobs, but Argo won Best Picture — yay! Meanwhile Joaquin Phoenix is not amused…
QOTW: What would you be proud to win a major award for?
What are you so good at that, sure, dammit, you deserve some big, splashy recognition?
QOTD: What movies or TV shows do you find calming and relaxing?
I find listening to Carl Sagan intone the mysteries of the universe very relaxing, so I do enjoy a rerun of Cosmos quite a serene way to pass an hour or two.
QOTD: Are the Academy Awards making a good move by rebranding as “the Oscars”?
There may be some things about the Academy Awards that need fixing, but this didn’t seem to be it.
QOTD: Is a filmmaker’s primary responsibility to the truth or to a good story?
Three Oscar nominees for Best Picture — Argo, Lincoln, and Zero Dark Thirty — have come under criticism that they’re not entirely as factual as they might be…
QOTD: Is Orson Scott Card the wrong person to write Superman stories?
What was DC thinking when they hired a vocal homophobe… or did they not realize just how big a backlash there would be?
QOTD: Was South African TV right to air a reality show featuring Reeva Steenkamp (even with her family’s approval)?
Is there any parallel universe in which the decision was made not to air this, or was it entirely inevitable, given the buzzardlike nature of pop culture today?
QOTW: What is your dream vacation?
Mine is an African safari. A luxury one, of course — no reason to rough it if you don’t need to, and money should be no object when it comes to fantasizing.
