Why do we watch the seemingly endless string of entertainment awards glamor bashes? Bling, glitterati, hug fests, saccharine red carpet interviews. Men are dressed in all modes of pseudo tuxes. The 300 women working t change the culture of Hollywood will be dripping with jewels and dressed as sexually enticing male fantasies. Then there are the over-produced glitzy spectacles, unctuous and endless thank you’s, celebrity gift bags priced in the thousands, thinly veiled promos for industry profit making and winners selected by groups of narrow gender, racial and ethnic diversity. It’s all self-congratulatory self-promotion.
Personally, I’d rather see big celebrations for the teachers of the year who work tirelessly for modest incomes. Or for the men and women who risk their lives fighting crime or fighting fires? Or for the smoke jumpers? Or for military heroes? Or the clergy and social workers who give fully of themselves for little reward?
But, in the end, I guess it’s just one more example of the role of media in distorting (or clarifying?) American values.
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