Posted on 02/16/2008 9:31:29 AM PST by purpleraine
Well, the writers strike is over, the Oscars will go on and, by golly, we conservatives just can't wait to watch Hollywood pat itself on the back for another year of anti-American, anti-military, anti-traditionalist filmmaking. And while red-carpet anticipation is giving me the shivers, I can't help but imagine an alternative Oscar ceremony in a different kind of Hollywood with this list of exciting best picture nominees:
"Oono." Hilarity ensues when a 16-year-old girl finds herself pregnant and gives the baby away to a similarly unmarried neurotic so that the infant grows up to become a drug-addicted loser and dies of an overdose at 23, whereupon the hilarity abruptly stops. What struck me about this film was that Hollywood filmmakers finally ended their attempts to sanitize and glamorize the irresponsible lifestyles that are destroying their own children before the paparazzi's very eyes. A production of Don't Hold Your Breath Films in association with Not in This Lifetime Pictures...........................
http://andrewklavan.com/words/index.php?blog=5
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I didn’t know whether or not to just do an exerpt.
FYI
I’ll check in later.
Self-ping.
Thanx, I’m a very lonely poster, LOL!
After you shower?
I have turned down the smell feature on my operating system.
Well, that’s HUGH.
Good article.
Thanx. I like the message and I’m always interested in parodies.
FR is pretty slow today, or you’d have gotten more replies.
The author makes a good point. I’m old enough to remember PATRIOTIC movies.
As am I. My mom, took us to the movies almost every week during the summer in the 50s.
The Right Kind of Oscars (Andrew Klavan blog site)...
is andrew klavin related to cliff klavin?????
I think everybody knows him name. Cheers!
Good morning freepers!
Last BTTT today.
Oscar weekend bump.
gratuitous ping
last BTTT today
Oscar day bttt
This only proves how far out of step Hollywood is with the rest of America.
Yes. I’m waiting for these ideas to make it to the screen.
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