Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Oscar's Irrelevancy

Some hoo-hah about boycotting the Oscars because there are no "people of color" nominated. I'd be hard pressed to boycott them now since I quit watching shortly after Bob Hope stopped emceeing them. That was decades ago.

I've never read movie mags or doted on tabloid celebrities. It long ago occurred to me that watching the Oscars, Emmys, or Grammys amounted to working the same line of country. I like the occasional film but sometimes go three months between them without feeling deprived.

That said, I'll share a show biz thought with you. The two leads on the TV series Castle are this generation's Nick and Nora Charles, at least as much stylish fun with less booze. Unsurprisingly, both leads are Canadian actors.