oscars – Terrible Words

Why Hollywood Awards Shows Are in Ratings Decline

January 8, 2019January 10, 2019 - by Lex Jurgen

There’s a new media culture ritual plaguing Hollywood’s endless line of self-congratulatory award shows. Pre-show, major media plugs the heck out of the glitzy event’s course of epic significance, A-list celebrity involvement, and suggest strongly that the entire world will be watching. After the show, after the after-party coverage and …

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Kevin Hart, The Oscars Fiasco, and the Search for the Worthy Soul

December 7, 2018December 7, 2018 - by Lex Jurgen

It’s no surprise to anybody who’s been sentient and following Hollywood for the past twelve months to twelve years that a pronounced Sharia-esque fundamentalist shadow has been cast across the Thirty Mile Zone. It’s the atheist interpretation of Raqqa in Syria; nary a soul is literate, but they all can …