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In reply to the discussion: Oscar awards make me sick. [View all]WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)6. Why didn't you just bake a cake, then?
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Some of the LGBT members on DU might disagree about the "queens" part of your comment
TexasTowelie
Feb 2013
#44
Say What?? It's Clear "Queens" in this Context Refers to Hollywood Personalities Being Treated...
dballance
Feb 2013
#48
The PC handwringer crowd. The reference wasnt about LBGT in the slightest. Wake the hell up.
Katashi_itto
Feb 2013
#79
Hang in there dude, I am diabetic too, one reason I practice martial arts so much
Katashi_itto
Feb 2013
#106
I'm not watching it. I just can't go to any website without it being in the headlines
garybeck
Feb 2013
#7
You are assuming that fame and adulation are rewards when they are in fact annoying bits of
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2013
#73
what has one got to do with the other ? maybe people who cure disease, feed hungry etc
JI7
Feb 2013
#8
Then you must have had a rousing time at your city's last Community Service Awards . . .
Journeyman
Feb 2013
#32
who are you hoping gets the nobel prizes this year ? what did you think of the medal of honor award
JI7
Feb 2013
#20
If it was all about fantasy and 'no reality' there would not be awards for documentary films.
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2013
#74
Hollywood employs millions and ALL are union people. GOOD union people.
graham4anything
Feb 2013
#49
I agree with you the oscars are as much a ridiculous waste of time as sports....
bowens43
Feb 2013
#50
Are you in any way serious? Theatre and sports go back to Ancient Greece, FGS.
WinkyDink
Feb 2013
#59
Tell me how you think this film, nominated last night, is mindless or meaningles or how it
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2013
#78
The Norwegians only choose the Peace Prize - all the rest are chosen by Swedish committees
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2013
#112
i threw out kissinger because he's a particularly egregious case of a murderer who got a peace
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#65
what kind of makes me sick is that you know all their gowns and decor cost millions; also you
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#53
Oh, brother. No, the gowns didn't cost "millions." Re: "propaganda"---NS, S. Are you new to movies?
WinkyDink
Feb 2013
#61
"all their gowns and decor cost millions" = collectively, all the gowns, decor, etc. cost millions.
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#67
Doesn't CNN have a heroes awards show every year? Personally, it irks me whenever there is
Laura PourMeADrink
Feb 2013
#66
Is your complaint that we don't honor good works, or we don't do it with production numbers?
brooklynite
Feb 2013
#69
Predictable dialog. Lousy acting. "Comedy" that isn't funny. Forced, contrived "tragedy"
BlueStreak
Feb 2013
#81
The goal of curing cancer is to cure cancer. The goal of being famous is to be on awards shows, etc.
KurtNYC
Feb 2013
#87
Sad. The arts are so endangered and artists dismissed. I suspect you misunderstand.
nolabear
Feb 2013
#91