La Shawn Barber writes that “[i]gnorant and vulgar men are considered funny in some circles. Not mine.” Dean at Power Line writes that “[T]he Oscars represent another example of the left’s march through our institutions.”

I did not watch the Oscars, as I don’t care for Hollywood. This is not because of the “Hollywood lefty” stuff, either; rather, it is because Corinne Griffith should have received the 1929 Best Actress Oscar for The Divine Lady. They gave it to Mary Pickford for Coquette, but there’s no excuse for that other than Hollywood politics.

Seriously, the movies today are just not very good. They are poorly written star-power vehicles directed by unimaginative clods with performances by passionless pinups.

Chris Rock. They hired him to host, generated the same buzz which made people want to hear Ellen tell her friends that she was gay, and people watched. Mission accomplished.

I’ve read and heard a little of what he said about President Bush last night, and it frankly was not offensive. His opinion – at least for the purposes of his jokes – is that President Bush is spending too much money and the Michael Moore Fahrenheit flick was an actual documentary. He told the jokes he was paid to tell.

I’ve also heard that he pretty much told the Academy that no one is watching their movies.

Should they bring him back to host next year? I don’t care. Do you? Really?

Would we have been thinking about this on the afternoon of 9-11-01?