But here's what got me about the whole thing:
"You may already have heard something about “4 Months,” which was awarded the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival last year, only to be shut out from Academy Award consideration a few weeks ago by the philistines who select the foreign-language nominees. The Oscars are absurd, yet they can help a microscopically budgeted foreign-language film find a supportive audience."
True as that may be, it was written in the fucking NEW YORK TIMES. The NYT claims to be all highbrow and intellectual, but come on. It's published by the Sulzberger family, something that is somewhat of a machine, publishing the god damned paper in some form since 1896 — how much culture and intellectualism and diversity does that really foster? The company is just recently trying to buy out the Boston and NY metros, FREE DAILIES. You advertise and basically whore yourself out to Mark Zuckerberg — it doesn't get much more philistine than that. Having money and power does not make you the intellectual and underground beacon of hope — it makes you the man. But let's let those park slope mommies believe they're being subversive by watching a movie on abortion and communism, right?
The same thing happens with the Village Voice, and plenty of other magazines and papers. They act all intellectual, even self indulgent, better than their audience in a sense, and yet are owned and operated by huge corporate machines, the likes of which run on the low brow tastes that they scorn.
So think about that next time you want to call the Oscars out, NYT. Because there are just as many stupid things you do, and daily.
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