And yeah, I'm another member of Idol who did not watch the Oscars. I like movies, but Hollywood culture is generally outside my radar.
That said, I cheer on the ladies rebelling against the camera-panning-up-the-body shots and the 'what are you wearing?' and the mani-closeups, when I hear about them. Sure, the red carpet is never going to ask anyone a -deep- question, but you can't deny that it's almost entirely the women that put up with this.
And people can argue that it's part of the culture of the thing, like the sponsors on the jackets in NASCAR, but that doesn't explain why people ask Hillary Clinton the exact same thing.
Re: the Oscars and dresses-I feel like it is very fucking telling that we treat the actresses on the red carpet as though they are models for the designers or whatever and don't ask them about what they're actually there for. I think that asking more than "so, whose design are you wearing?" is an important step in the right direction.
...but I'm also one of those people that was like, "oh, the Oscars are tonight?" as I was cooking dinner. They were very...not interesting to me this year? "Selma" was snubbed, and that was sort of the point at which I went, "welp, that's that" and didn't pay much attention.
Honestly, I was way more interested in the Nebula noms this year. Annhilation for best novel YES. I haven't read anything quite so "what the HELL I cannot put this down!" in years. :D
I am going to lose some of my feminist street cred and say I enjoy the red carpet, and it's ridiculous to think they're going to ask anything interesting or compelling in the five to ten seconds they give each celebrity. The questions they already ask when they aren't talking about clothes are completely eyeroll-worthy, and the people who do the interviews aren't exactly known for their deep thoughts.
But, as I said I missed the show tonight. I'm going to try to find it online.
I haven't watched the Oscars in eons. I'm really not a movie-goer. That said, I do love reading opinions about who wore what like Tom and Lorenzo's site because they'll either worship what you wore or tear you clothes apart thread by thread in such a way that you'll either LOL or snicker quietly. The Oscars and similar ceremonies are basically an extended version of What Not To Wear in their book :)
That said, I did doze off during Downton Abbey. Trying to go to bed earlier in this household is futile. Unfortunately it also tends to have a negative affect on me as time goes on.
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And yeah, I'm another member of Idol who did not watch the Oscars. I like movies, but Hollywood culture is generally outside my radar.
That said, I cheer on the ladies rebelling against the camera-panning-up-the-body shots and the 'what are you wearing?' and the mani-closeups, when I hear about them. Sure, the red carpet is never going to ask anyone a -deep- question, but you can't deny that it's almost entirely the women that put up with this.
And people can argue that it's part of the culture of the thing, like the sponsors on the jackets in NASCAR, but that doesn't explain why people ask Hillary Clinton the exact same thing.
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Re: the Oscars and dresses-I feel like it is very fucking telling that we treat the actresses on the red carpet as though they are models for the designers or whatever and don't ask them about what they're actually there for. I think that asking more than "so, whose design are you wearing?" is an important step in the right direction.
...but I'm also one of those people that was like, "oh, the Oscars are tonight?" as I was cooking dinner. They were very...not interesting to me this year? "Selma" was snubbed, and that was sort of the point at which I went, "welp, that's that" and didn't pay much attention.
Honestly, I was way more interested in the Nebula noms this year. Annhilation for best novel YES. I haven't read anything quite so "what the HELL I cannot put this down!" in years. :D
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Usually the question is WHO are you wearing.
I am going to lose some of my feminist street cred and say I enjoy the red carpet, and it's ridiculous to think they're going to ask anything interesting or compelling in the five to ten seconds they give each celebrity. The questions they already ask when they aren't talking about clothes are completely eyeroll-worthy, and the people who do the interviews aren't exactly known for their deep thoughts.
But, as I said I missed the show tonight. I'm going to try to find it online.
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If I asked *this* group that question, they would start talking about who they flayed. ;)
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That said, I did doze off during Downton Abbey. Trying to go to bed earlier in this household is futile. Unfortunately it also tends to have a negative affect on me as time goes on.
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