Yesterday, I made a comment, on Facebook, that I'm done with award shows. It seems that many entertainers are getting worse each year, with their acceptance speeches, by thinking that all of America should care about their sexual, political, or religious platforms during them. They should remember that they are nothing more than court jesters whose only purpose is to entertain. Award shows should enlighten us with the plays, movies, television shows or music, that occured during the year, and the awards received; not for entertainers to discuss their point of view. There are other venues for that.
Most of these overly-paid entertainers are behaving like spoiled brats, used to getting their way, thinking they're entitled to forcing their opinion or idealogy at America and then having hissy-fits if we don't comply. Maybe they've been dealing with fantasy for too long to understand that those of us living in the intellectual, real world are seeing them for what they're doing. And, the only difference between these adults and children - children are more obvious - they throw themselves down on the ground and scream while demanding what they want.
Don't get me wrong, I like many of these entertainers - when they entertain. But, as the saying goes, I don't have to live with them. It makes me wonder, how would they feel if the shoe was on the other foot? But, they leave the stage and return to their ivory towers to be placated by their admirers. In their self-imposed, entitlement mentality, they have little concern that others, who have helped pay their bills, have opinions too - some who may have similar influences. And therein lies the hypocrisy in their barely-concealed, temperamental, adult meltdowns.
I'm waiting for the day that everyone gets an award.
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