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February 15, 2005
Chris Rock and Oscarphobia
So there's this little publicity hoo-haa going on about Chris Rock's humor in some interviews he's given in advance of hosting the Oscar show. Most notably, some have latched onto his comments that straight men don't watch the Oscars, that only gay men are interested in the Oscars because they're just a fashion show.
Among other things, this has resulted in a critical editorial in The Daily Telegraph, which said:
Mr Rock's comments touch a very raw nerve. The days when well-respected gay men who were "outed" as having watched the Oscars faced open hatred and private shame are gone. But despite the considerable advances that have been made in public understanding, for many people the decision to watch the Oscars remains an intensely private one.
The ugly blight of Oscarphobia has yet to be entirely eradicated, and it is difficult for many otherwise ordinary homosexuals - when in their teens they first find themselves struggling with frightening and unnatural urges to stay up late and watch a bunch of phony old actors congratulating themselves on being rich - to share, except with the closest intimates, their feelings about who looked best on the red carpet. Their eyes may swell with answering tears as they watch Gwyneth Paltrow blub; but these are tears they choose not to shed in public. These people deserve our sympathy, not our condemnation.
I must admit to being a bit intrigued by these comments. On first glance, they seem like just the most vacuous bit of contrived PC stupidity.
Thinking again, is the paper pulling our legs? Could they really sincerely be arguing that men have "faced open hatred and private shame" for watching the Oscars on tv? When was this? It seems just on the edge of outright satire.
So the question then, are these people the world's biggest wussies, or are they just trying to get some right wing goats?
posted by Al at 2/15/2005 10:42:00 PM
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