Let's face it, homophobia is the reason Bush got re-elected. His "manipulation machine" worked overtime appealing to the religious idiots to come out and vote AGAINST gay mariiage by voting FOR them. This worked, and frightened all the poor "sheep" of middle American right into their web. Now, most Americans feel, by recent polls, that they made a terrible mistake, and will probably try to correct it in November.
Well, this tactic worked again in Hollywood, but in a slightly different way. As you we all know, the gay cowboy jokes were rampant. Critics loved the movie but it slowly became unpopular to support this 'homosexual' film. So, Lion's Gate pushed their film as the one that supported all minorities, with a moral that 'healed' relations between all peoples, except gays of course, as there were no gay characters represented. Funny, being that it took place in Los Angeles. Anyway, their appeal to the older more conservative voters, the silent homophobic members and those on the fence, worked like a charm. We know Crash was the worst of the five nomimated for best picture, yet it took the prize. All that says to me is that the majority of this Academy is out of touch, and llike the Presidential election, voted for a movie that didn't deserve to win. Well, I am not, and never have been, "sheep", and like the voters will do in the November elections for the House and Senate, the Academy is trying to do now by inviting Jake and Heath to join the Academy and asking Ellen to host next year.
TOO LATE.
-Adrian