Meryl Streep : Overacting?

Spencer Tracy once said, " Don't let them catch you acting." Meryl Streep won the Academy Award for Best Actress in the motion picture " The Iron Lady". Streep didn't follow Tracy's caveat. She so mimicked Lady Margaret Thatcher that the 'Iron Lady" rose from her grave and was on screen. Streep could have won a "Graphic Animation Award for Special Effects Performed by a Human" if there was such a category. Meryl Streep was spooky. That INDEED was great acting. But it was souless.

Academy Awards Very 'White":Viewer Discretion Advised?

According to recent sound-the- alarm- type-articles in the NYT and the L.A. Times, upcoming Oscar actor nominees are all "white". As per the articles, "the whitest since the 1980's". Also, by extension , the nominated movies are mostly about main stream "white subjects". Gee, sounds like Dargis and Scott of NYT and Goldstein of LA Times are issuing a viewer discretion advisory. The implied message of the reviewers was be sure and don't let the children see how America once functioned.

The only movie I saw was "The Kings Speech". I enjoyed its simple story of overcoming a personal impediment. It was done very well. The usual minorities with all their bullshit issues were not seen or heard.

My Kind of Town (Chicago Is) ?

The 1964 Academy Award nominated song "My Kind of Town (Chicago Is)" was sung by Frank Sinatra. The music was composed by Jimmy Van Huesen, lyrics by Sammy Cahn and arranged by the great orchestra leader Chicagoan Billy May. Those were happier days. But recently Chicago was going to get some foreign post marked packages that contained explosive devices.  It was mailed from Yemen which is on the Arabian Peninsula. The bombs were addressed to Chicago synagogues. I dare say that al-qaeda didn't know how to spell Chicago until Zionist Rahm Emanuel decided to run for Chicago's mayor. it reminds of the greater U.S. experience. Zionists attract trouble for America because of our support of Israel. And Israel is of no value to the U.S. except in a negative way. Some Zionists should be deported.

Roman Polanski : A Bad Actor

Academy Award winning motion picture writer and director Roman Polanski is in the news again. The 72 year old fugitive from justice was granted a stay from extradition to the U.S. by the Swiss government.

He achieved success and wealth at making sick and depraved movies. Perhaps he drew on his personal experiences. His family was exterminated by the Nazis. His wife was butchered by the Charles Manson gang. And he personally contributed to his sick and depraved heritage and life by raping a 13 year old.

It kind of all fits together in a sick and depraved way.