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Mar. 5th, 2006 09:00 pm
stupid question
Spotted in Parade Magazine today:
Brokeback Mountain’s Ang Lee is the favorite to win an Oscar for Best Director. How did a Chinese person gain such an understanding of homosexual American cowboys?
—Peter Jones, New York, N.Y.
Mind. BOGGLES. What? Chinese people can't be gay? Chinese people can't understand gay people? I don't understand how someone can ask something like that with a straight face.
Anyway, HELL YEAH for Ang Lee getting Best Director! Tonight I watched the Oscars for the first time all the way through. Jon Stewart looks very nice in HD, and he made a much better host than Billy Crystal, which was the last time I tried to watch the Oscars. He was very nervous in the beginning, but I think he got more comfortable as the night went on. I loved Reese Witherspoon's and George Clooney's acceptance speeches.
Does anyone think some of the categories should be combined? What is the difference between sound editing and sound mixing? Even if they're totally different categories, don't they have too much overlap? I wanted to see more of the Best Animated Shorts - the art in them were gorgeous.
Watching the Oscars just basically reminded me that there's all these movies I have not seen.
Today I learned that two people from high school have come out as lesbians. (I don't know if they're out to everyone yet, so I'll refrain from identifying them.) One of them was a total shock to me, the other was not. It's just surprising; it's like everyone feels freer now that they're no longer surrounded by all the people who grew up with them.
Brokeback Mountain’s Ang Lee is the favorite to win an Oscar for Best Director. How did a Chinese person gain such an understanding of homosexual American cowboys?
—Peter Jones, New York, N.Y.
Mind. BOGGLES. What? Chinese people can't be gay? Chinese people can't understand gay people? I don't understand how someone can ask something like that with a straight face.
Anyway, HELL YEAH for Ang Lee getting Best Director! Tonight I watched the Oscars for the first time all the way through. Jon Stewart looks very nice in HD, and he made a much better host than Billy Crystal, which was the last time I tried to watch the Oscars. He was very nervous in the beginning, but I think he got more comfortable as the night went on. I loved Reese Witherspoon's and George Clooney's acceptance speeches.
Does anyone think some of the categories should be combined? What is the difference between sound editing and sound mixing? Even if they're totally different categories, don't they have too much overlap? I wanted to see more of the Best Animated Shorts - the art in them were gorgeous.
Watching the Oscars just basically reminded me that there's all these movies I have not seen.
Today I learned that two people from high school have come out as lesbians. (I don't know if they're out to everyone yet, so I'll refrain from identifying them.) One of them was a total shock to me, the other was not. It's just surprising; it's like everyone feels freer now that they're no longer surrounded by all the people who grew up with them.
