Brokeback Apology

Ann just wrote a column about something she knows nothing about and thinks it's cute.

I was right. You did miss it. The fact that she knows nothing about it (and doesn't need to) is the whole point. I doubt she thinks it is cute, more likely she thinks it is pathetic.

She writes a whole column about how a collection of films should be (or will be) judged, and she hasn't seen one of them.

And that fact that you parenthetically added "will be" further demonstrates that you missed the point. She didn't even insinuate how the films should be judged by the academy, only how they will be judged. The whole point is that we don't even have to know anything about the films other than the fact that they promote the left-wing agenda of the Hollywood elite. Knowing only which ones do promote it and how strongly they promote it, we can (and have) accurately predicted the outcome of the Oscars for years now. Seeing the films is only incidental to making the prediction.

She knows nothing about what she's rating, just going with what she's read others have said about art...

Since when does the sludge that Hollywood churns out have anything to do with art? The cookie-cutter movies they belt out lately are about one or all of three things: exploitation, agenda, and profit, although they haven't been doing so well on that last one lately. And she didn't rate anything, she just made predictions as to the outcome of the awards. I guess the next thing you will try to tell me is that the awards have anything whatsoever to do with the "artistic" merits of the films.

Of course, anyone who has seen either Brokeback Mountain or Capote would have much more insightful things to say regarding the films if they'd actually taken the time to watch either.

I don't know about insightful, but a sampling of the comments I've heard from those who have seen both or either would mostly include "it sucked" and "there's two hours of my life I can't get back." And no, those were not all "conservatives." A couple of very liberal people I know thought Brokeback Mountain was "stupid exploitation." Brokeback Mountain has achieved that rarest of cultural status points: self-parody. Brokeback has become an adjective for every sophomoric homosexual joke that has ever been told. I doubt that's what the oh-so-serious makers of the film intended. Full disclosure: I have no intention of seeing Brokeback Mountain and I will see Capote only to discover how much, if any, they soft-pedal Capote's slimeball behavior during the whole In Cold Blood time period.