Upset

It's still more than 24 hours until Oscar night and the crescendo of anticipation and excitement is building. Will Crash upset Brokeback Mountain? This morning there seems to be a shift in momentum reported by those who are manning the Red Carpet posts. One explosive report after another is being registered. I hope they all have been issued flak jackets... especially the back flap version. Which issue based film in this cinematic civil war will survive? Will it be racism? Will it be homosexuality?

All this points to the fact that the entertainment industry suffers an identity crisis. Evidently, entertainment value is not meaningful enough for the film industry. They must promote some issue it seems to feel they have any value.

I'd much rather have entertainment. Give me a movie that entertains - escapism - that's for me. I have enough issues and I understand my reality. Give me a break too, John!