The silliest 'pop culture' controversy of the moment involves the actress Margot Robbie, who plays the title character in the blockbuster 'Barbie.'
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The Academy did not include either the lead actress or the director of Barbie as nominees for Best Actress or Best Director respectively.
But we are repeatedly reminded that both women are producers. If the movie wins Best Picture, they'll each have something nice for the home mantle.
The indignation feels forced. As does the sense that it is all a set-up for the campaign to win that Best Picture prize on a guilt theme. These are inside-Hollywood controversies that ought to concern us as much as a good watch to a retiree we've never met from a corporation for which we've never worked. (Ah, but we buy their products! We should care who gets the nice gold watch. Sorry, no.)
Now, when someone at an award show gets out of his chair to slap the 'master of ceremonies' for a rather tame GI Jane joke -- okay, a certain amount of public indignation makes sense. Social norms against the initiation of violence have to find a vent.
But "we don't like the nominee choices"? Grrrr. Is there a fear at work that non-nominees will not continue to do creative stuff if they don't get awards?
In the words of Don Draper, "that's what the money's for."
The entertainment world exceeds heights of absurdity, once believed impossible. These folks are just too full of themselves, seems to me. I generally prefer less intensive passtimes---or at least those that have some deeper motives.
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