Emmy Port in the Storm

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I generally don't watch award shows. 25 years ago when "The Color Purple" was overlooked by Oscar, I was convinced that the award shows were more a high school popularity contest, than an actual acknowledgment of merit.

Also please note how many who have won acting Oscars, did so, not for the film they were in that year, but for previous performances. Most notably Liz Taylor comes to mind. She was amazing in "Cat on a Hot Tim Roof" in 1958, and she never gave a better performance 1959's "Suddenly Last Summer". But in 1960, Liz won the Academy award for "Butterfield 8; a good performance in a slightly better than average melodrama. Paul Newman won the award for best actor for his portrayal as Fast Eddie, in 1986's "Color of Money", chiefly because he deserved it for his portrayal of Fast Eddy, in 1961's"The Hustler".

In short, the shows don't usually reflect real merit for the present work. They're definitely more political. I don't respect The People's Choice award for the same reason pure democracy doesn't work.

Though I have no use for who won what, I did forget one fairly new trend; entertainment. Some of these award shows can be truly entertaining! Though I missed the Emmy's, I did catch this on Youtube, and I'm glad I did. I thought this opening was very entertaining and I enjoyed it; it's like buying Playboy for the articles. there really were some great articles.