Did ya see 'em? The Indy's RULE!!!!
I hope you sucked it up, (because you'd have had to), and took my advice and caught The Independent Spirit Awards. It really was a wondrous, fun, joyously self-effacing affair. Add that it's held in a circus tent in a parking lot in Santa Monica, and this year hosted by the oft-hilarious, always edgy Sarah Silverman and we have a winner!!! Maybe it's the lack of inane red carpet interviewers asking inaner (?) red carpet questions, (and no Isaac Mizrahi fondling anyone). Or maybe it's the unpretentious dress, and attitude, code. Or maybe, just maybe, it's the realness of the whole damn thing, but this was exactly what an entertainment awards show should be. ENTERTAINING. It even had funny musical numbers. And the Olsen twins, (fortunately for just a second), too!!
Tremendous kudos to the Independent Film Channel for putting it on the tube live and uncensored. It's not that the nature of the language (lots of cursing) made the show, (and I'm a firm believer that words don't hurt, people do), it's simply that most of these folks got to speak without the worry, and therefore stuttering self-censorship, attached to the networks "standards and practices" folks, and that seven second delay button. And it made them that much more expressive, and in turn, that much more honest. Sincere. Warm. Humorous. Serious. And every damn emotion in between. And creative people should always be allowed to create untethered, and in this case, it showed beautifully.
My one caveat, and really only one and it's admittedly a personal taste caveat, is I just don't get the hype behind "Brokeback Mountain". I just didn't like this movie nearly as much as I've been told I should have. It was a really good, but for me far from as deserving as a lot of others, film. But if the industry that made it lauded it, who am I to quibble? So I won't. And this was about the awards show itself, anyway....(I drift sometimes, don't I?).
So if you're reading this early enough, IFC will be re-running the show UNcut at 9 p.m. tonight, and AMC, (probably cut to shreds) at 10. If not, my guess is it'll run on both stations throughout, at least, the next week. You'll be so taken you'll be anxious for next year's edition. I am. And you'll be comparing it to Golden Boy while you watch [the other side of the coin] tomorrow night. Enjoy!!
Here's a link to the winners, so you can compare them, too: http://www.variety.com/VR1117939264.html
See you Monday with what I'm sure will not be as enthusiastic a post. I'm a cynical raver, posts like this not withstanding. Remember?
Tremendous kudos to the Independent Film Channel for putting it on the tube live and uncensored. It's not that the nature of the language (lots of cursing) made the show, (and I'm a firm believer that words don't hurt, people do), it's simply that most of these folks got to speak without the worry, and therefore stuttering self-censorship, attached to the networks "standards and practices" folks, and that seven second delay button. And it made them that much more expressive, and in turn, that much more honest. Sincere. Warm. Humorous. Serious. And every damn emotion in between. And creative people should always be allowed to create untethered, and in this case, it showed beautifully.
My one caveat, and really only one and it's admittedly a personal taste caveat, is I just don't get the hype behind "Brokeback Mountain". I just didn't like this movie nearly as much as I've been told I should have. It was a really good, but for me far from as deserving as a lot of others, film. But if the industry that made it lauded it, who am I to quibble? So I won't. And this was about the awards show itself, anyway....(I drift sometimes, don't I?).
So if you're reading this early enough, IFC will be re-running the show UNcut at 9 p.m. tonight, and AMC, (probably cut to shreds) at 10. If not, my guess is it'll run on both stations throughout, at least, the next week. You'll be so taken you'll be anxious for next year's edition. I am. And you'll be comparing it to Golden Boy while you watch [the other side of the coin] tomorrow night. Enjoy!!
Here's a link to the winners, so you can compare them, too: http://www.variety.com/VR1117939264.html
See you Monday with what I'm sure will not be as enthusiastic a post. I'm a cynical raver, posts like this not withstanding. Remember?
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Okay here's what I thought. I love to read your rave's more than your rants AND here is what Iwould change about the rave. You seem to want to make a career of this...so as your writer/drama coach friend I would suggest starting with what is going to make them want to continue reading. Don't start with what you think we should do...start further in "Maybe it's the lack of innane....and then keep going and sell us. End with the Brokeback Mtn paragraph, not the tune in and watch...leave them wanting more..in fact, your last paragraph, if you can do this, should be the lead-in for the following piece. You have to set the tone so that we NEED to read what you think...not just oh, I think I'll tune in today and see what he has to say. Hope this is clear. Print or don't print...that is up to you. I respect your judgement. You have a real talent...now you have to harness it.
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