proudest monkey

There's entirely too many awards shows now. When did it all happen? I saw a commercial for the Family Television Awards today which sparked my ranting. The Emmys, Oscars, People's Choice, Teen Choice, Black Film, White Film, Independent and whatever. Plus, all of the categories within each show. That's fine, I understand that. You gotta give props to the props department. What's not cool is all these awards shows. You're giving an award to recognize that it was the best for that year. There's no second chance, "Well, next week we've got the Family Television Awards so maybe we'll win that!" And how would it feel to lose all of those awards to the better show (or film)?
What really pisses me off is the Black Movie Awards. How are we supposed to bridge the racial gap if we keep putting up stupid barriers like this one? Don't give me crap about the fact that black movies are under-represented at award shows. Uh... there's a reason. THEY SUCK! It's not about the amount of money you can spend on your feature film, it's the quality. There's only so many ways to tell the same "growing up in the hood" story. Get a new hook, we understand life sucks in the hood; and if you grow up, you grow up to make a crappy movie about growing up. Boo-hoo. Cry me a river!
If we accept the Black Movie Awards then next will be the Asian Film Awards, which will branch off the Small Filipino Film Awards and the world will spin into chaos. Stop separating us award shows! Unite us!




Or at least complain about it. It takes a lot of work to protest.