“The fifties were when people started coming down on "juvenile delinquents," "hoodlums," "vandals"--anybody that was young, wore a motorcycle jacket, and didn't act polite around older people.” PeopleYoungPoliteJacketsMotorcycleOlder PeopleJuvenileDelinquentsVandals Author:Joe Bob Briggs
“I hate The Oscars. The Oscars make me want to throw things at the TV. In the ancient history of The Oscars, people would go on and make political statements and get thrown off the stage, but the last great political statement, I think, was when Michael Moore started raging against Bush a few years back. Everybody booed him, even though I can't imagine Hollywood booing a guy who's bashing Bush. That was the last great spontaneous moment on The Oscars.” PeopleThinkingMomentsPoliticalGuyHateImagineI HateAncientRageSpontaneousAncient History Author:Joe Bob Briggs
“I always remind people why The Oscars got started in 1928: It was an effort by the studios to suppress the unions. They started the Academy because all the screenwriters and directors and actors were unionizing, and they thought, "We'll have something that resembles a union, but that's completely controlled by the moneyed interests in Hollywood." That's what it's been all these years. It's something that reinforces Hollywood's image of itself. The Best Picture one year was Gandhi. Nobody watched Gandhi, but that's the kind of picture that always wins.” PeopleKindWinningInterestEffortBest Picture Author:Joe Bob Briggs
“They'll give you an Oscar if they think you're about to drop dead. The problem with The Oscars is, the average age of The Academy is 84. They wheel those people in from Palm Springs and hook up their IVs and they vote. The people that go to movies are under the age of 28, for the most part, so there's this total disconnect between what the Academy thinks is a great movie and what the audience actually wants to see.” PeopleThinkingGivingProblemAgeAudienceSpringVoteHookHook Up Author:Joe Bob Briggs
“In some European theaters, it's still not uncommon to have a late start and three LONG intermissions, because people actually eat and drink and converse during the intermissions.” PeopleLongStillsThreeDrinkLateEuropeTheaterUncommonConversesIntermission Author:Joe Bob Briggs
