You sure do spend a lot of time on something you claim to detest.

Looks like they won in terms of mind-share.

Think of it as one small pebble on the other side of the balance scale.

I debate this issue myself: should we even comment on stupidity as it simply broadcasts it further. The counter is that someone has to point it out lest people accept it.

The "Spaced Out Theology" award for Lennon is a great idea, but why stop there? We need our own lifetime achievements list, and here's my contributions:

Stepford Wives Reloaded ad infinitum: Hillary Clinton
Nattering Old Bitch channels Simpering Airhead: Maureen Dowd
Homer Simpson Goes to Choate: John Kerry

And based on Gerard's recent photo tribute to the mortality of man:
Bringing Aunt Bea into the Borg: Jimmy Carter

What's your nominee?

Why do we have to pay attention to those whose sole talent is making faces, convincingly at a camera? I, for one, do not care what their politics are, what their social agenda is or any of that. The unfortunate part is that they entertain us badly of late. Not even worth seeing most of the drivel that passes for entertainment these days.

The Hobo

Pity us poor bastards within range of KTLA...

What do you think of Bird York's "In the Deep."
It was the lead song in "Crash."

You know, Gerard...if you look out your window you can probably see the TV antenna for channel four (ABC). You can practically pick it up with the fillings in your molars.

Well said, Hollywood don't make me laugh.

"...fillings in your molars." You TOO!! Thank Goodness; I thought I was all ALONE out here...

I thought I remembered Gerard being very pained at the anniversary of John Lennon's murder. Pained to the point of accepting blame for the act, including the rest of us in that blame, and looking back quite fondly on the era. Did I mis-remember again, or is that another example of human complexities?

What to do about the caustic, self-congratulatory modern enterainment business? And how is it different from plain ol' propaganda? Somebody let me know.

Excellent article from Gerard and thanks to him for it.

Dan Patterson

What does John Lennon have to do with Hollywood?

He was a musician. Help! is 40 years old and was filmed in England anyway.

Do you really think "Imagine" reflects what Hollywood thinks?

You can't tell the difference between John Stewart and John Lennon, yet accuse other folks of being loopy?

Do you really think all the folks who are wearing expensive designer gowns and millions of dollars of donated jewelry imagine no possessions?

We'll just have to be charitable about Kevin, here. He must be a Wolcott reader. Irony, alliteration, the symbolism of cultural icons, and history as genesis and illumination of the present all seem to be beyond him. Oh, and Kevin, since you missed the memo: Lennon, who was far less and far more than a "musician" lived and died in New York.

Within the context of Hustle & Flow -- my favorite movie of 2005, but then I don't get out much -- It's Hard Out There For A Pimp was obviously intended to be mediocre. It's also really integral to the film in a way that most songs are not.

Its Oscar nomination and subsequent win are therefore delicious ironies that make me smile.

In the Old Days (sniff), you would have smiled too.

I remember cringing when they sang "Imagine" at the opening ceremony of the Olympics and thinking-yeah, imagine no possessions, no religion, nothing to die for (or live for it follows. What you'd have is a nightmare of a lifestyle that would have been imposed if the Yanks hadn't thought Italy was something to die for in WW2.