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OSCARS!!
BBMGrandma:
Whoa....I'm SOOO nervous today. Pacing back and forth....waiting to see if "OUR GUYS" get the awards they so much deserve. But....in really thinking about it....I think they've already GOTTEN their awards. FROM ALL OF US!!! From those of us who have been helped SO very much by the story. I'm going to send them postcards.....no matter what the outcome is today...and just say...."YOU have given us ALL an award.....thank you!! THANK YOU!!!"
GOOD luck to everyone.....Ang....Michelle....Heath....Jake....and everyone who helped to bring us this story.
juneaux:
I, too, am sending postcards. Must admit I'm bummed that "CRASH" won best picture. BBM will always be the best movie of 2005 and hold a special place in my heart.
iristarr:
Terribly disappointed that Brokeback Mountain didn't get the all the awards it deserved from the Academy tonight. However, it has been already richly rewarded/awarded by Golden Globes, BAFTA, Independent Spirit,etc. And we here all know what an outstanding film it truely is. I suppose I can see how this upset came about -- the Academy just couldn't get over the content of the movie and succumbed to the bigots and naysayers. Just more politics in the good old USA. The struggle continues and we need to keep good hearts. . . Iris.
BBMGrandma:
Just in case ANYONE missed this article posted today by Impish....I thought I'd drag it over here. It's WELL worth reading....and TRULY shows how much farther we have to go to the top of the "mountain" I have faith that we'll keep up our fight for equality for ALL peoples....
http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid26588.asp
Thank you Impish
Nancy
BBMGrandma:
Hi Friends.....
I've been a little bit absent from our 'safe place' here. What does a 'little bit absent' mean...?? I wonder about that myself. I seem to be even MORE distracted since the awards...but in a different way. When I saw our movie....my distraction was one of soul searching....contemplation....meditation and questioning. NOW I'm in a state of disappointment and frustration. Now my anger is starting to bubble up. WHY??? Why was this 'work of art' largely ignored? Why did Heath and Jake get shoved to the side? Of course we all know those answers....deep down in our hearts. The Academy 'chickened out' Plain and simply!! Never mind that Brokeback 'peaked too early'. All the other reasons that the critics have used to assuage all of us lovers of the film. The Academy voters simply CHICKENED out at the last moment.
And another thing.....I saw Emma Thompson on a late night show.....recently. When asked how she voted she admitted....that she hadn't seen all the movies but voted anyway!!! SAY WHAT? Tony Curtis is quoted as saying..."I'm not going to see "that" movie!!! HELLO? But he voted anyway...didn't he? AMAZING!! Simply amazing!!!
That's like putting a black hood over a presidential candidate....and voting against her even though you have no idea who she is!!!
The only GOOD that I can see in this rejection of Brokeback Mountain is that it IS stirring up controversy....and that's a GOOD thing. Let's all stir up as much of if as we can. Letter's to the editors. Letters to the Academy. Letters to ANYONE. Let's keep this in view of everyone. As I said in an earlier post..."WE Wuz ROBBED!"
I'm off to run errands now....I'll be back later today.
Love to all.....Nancy
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