No Country For Old Glory

[Terri]

By Lisa Fabrizio
February 28, 2008

Watching the Oscars Sunday night--an indignity I endure solely for the opportunity to engage in conversation with a few friends concerning our nation's 'culture'--only reaffirmed that Hollywood remains primarily engaged in selling a bill of goods that America is a dark and dreary place, worthy mostly of derision and disdain; even if not everyone is buying it.

Despite the film industry's lavishing its highest honors on films they consider "art," none of vehicles of the winners of the best-acting awards--all four of whom are foreign-born--or even the best picture, finished any higher than 40th where it counts, at the box office. Worse for the glitter-crowd is the report that this year's telecast was also a ratings flop. That's the good news.

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