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I don't know whether to defend the awards as they are or to say good riddance. It's weird, the pretext or premises upon which a thing is disposed of is important, right?
Because once somebody like Asia Kate Dillon comes after the "binary" sex categories at awards shows (as always, calling them "gender" categories instead of addressing biological sex), she's likely to come after something of yours, right? I mean, I can't imagine what, but it just...seems that way.
Sort of like how agrarian farmers originally sympathized with communists against the Tsar, but were horribly mistaken. Somehow I feel like watching show biz implode is symptomatic of something greater. Every week -- or five years -- we're asked, "What could it harm?" "What could we lose?"
And every year, it seems things get worse. We teetered on the edge of fascism for a bit as a reaction to a way of life being lost. A carnival barker took deep-seeded (deep-seated? It probably doesn't matter but for the upcoming analogy) dissatisfaction and watered it, cultivating an environment where anti-democratic impulses came to the fore. There was ten percent agitation (isn't it always ten percent) from the left, mixed with about fifty percent acquiescence or not caring, and then about forty percent of people who felt trod upon, like a way of life was being lost.
Anyway, I'm just wondering -- before the awards shows blow up, should I really care upon what grounds? I get the sneaking suspicion I should, actually, and you'll find somebody like me, who was pretty much through with Hollywood, defending traditional awards show categories not on necessarily theatrical or historical grounds, but simply based on the fact that I don't like the new program upon which it is founded.
I feel like my own identity is slightly at stake here, and I'm a traditionalist with a modicum of tolerance, properly understood.
#### Asia Kate Dillon and her their/them/they ####. I've had enough.
https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/asia-kate-dillon-billions-sag-awards-open-letter-1234630871/
Because once somebody like Asia Kate Dillon comes after the "binary" sex categories at awards shows (as always, calling them "gender" categories instead of addressing biological sex), she's likely to come after something of yours, right? I mean, I can't imagine what, but it just...seems that way.
Sort of like how agrarian farmers originally sympathized with communists against the Tsar, but were horribly mistaken. Somehow I feel like watching show biz implode is symptomatic of something greater. Every week -- or five years -- we're asked, "What could it harm?" "What could we lose?"
And every year, it seems things get worse. We teetered on the edge of fascism for a bit as a reaction to a way of life being lost. A carnival barker took deep-seeded (deep-seated? It probably doesn't matter but for the upcoming analogy) dissatisfaction and watered it, cultivating an environment where anti-democratic impulses came to the fore. There was ten percent agitation (isn't it always ten percent) from the left, mixed with about fifty percent acquiescence or not caring, and then about forty percent of people who felt trod upon, like a way of life was being lost.
Anyway, I'm just wondering -- before the awards shows blow up, should I really care upon what grounds? I get the sneaking suspicion I should, actually, and you'll find somebody like me, who was pretty much through with Hollywood, defending traditional awards show categories not on necessarily theatrical or historical grounds, but simply based on the fact that I don't like the new program upon which it is founded.
I feel like my own identity is slightly at stake here, and I'm a traditionalist with a modicum of tolerance, properly understood.
#### Asia Kate Dillon and her their/them/they ####. I've had enough.
https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/asia-kate-dillon-billions-sag-awards-open-letter-1234630871/
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