The Oscars ... Why Bother

Why Tune In To Watch The Awards, When We Already Know Who Is Going To Win?

By
Relationship Advice Expert April Masini

I know it's the Academy Awards, and it's Hollywood's biggest night, but I have to ask why Hollywood is so statue crazy? What’s the point in watching The Oscars when we already know who's going to win?

Sincerely,

Yawning At The Oscars

Dear Yawning At Oscars

Hello! Nobody watches The Oscars to see who wins. They watch to see who loses -- and what they wore!

I’m personally getting a little sick of actors giving each other awards over and over and over again. Enough already! Do we really need to see another celebrity, who earns a huge salary, awarded for their work, while real people with real problems -- who perform everyday miracles for next to nothing -- like our troops overseas, our police force and our firefighters -- go awardless, gownless, tuxedo-less and often thankless?

The Oscars Aren't About Awards

Well, the answer is probably yes — we do need The Oscars, but not for the awards. We needTthe Oscars because everyone loves gossip and The Oscars is more about catty gossip and bad news than it is good news and winners these days. Who will the winners forget to thank in their Oscar speeches? Will the Best Actress lose her husband like so many who’ve won before her? (Hilary Swank, Reese Witherspoon) Sadly, it’s our human nature that good news is boring news and bad news is what we want to see and hear.

Let's Tip Our Hats To The Oscar-less, Non-nominated Heroes

While The Oscars, The Emmys, The Grammys, The Tonies, The BAFTA awards, the MTV awards, the VH1 awards, The People’s Choice awards and the Best and Worst Dressed Lists that notoriously accompany each and every one of these awards feed audiences all over, I’d love to tip my hat to the ordinary Joe who’s oversees fighting for our country, on our streets fighting crime and in the firehouses fighting fires and protecting the rest of us who don’t star in shows, but merely watch them.

April Masini -- nicknamed "the new millennium's Dear Abby" by the media, is author of the best-selling books Date Out Of Your League and Think & Date Like A Man, the two (just released) step-by-step dating and relationship manuals, Ideas for a Fun Date and Romantic Date Ideas, and the critically acclaimed dating and relationship online magazine www.AskApril.com.

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