Watched parts of the Emmys the other night. I was wondering why Ray Romano and Sally Field got censored. Still don't know what Romano said but Sally Field apparently made a short speech against the war and included the words "goddamn war". It doesn't seem that outrageous compared to past political speeches at award shows. It does not seem to warren censorship in a supposedly free country. Now most of the time people who make these types of speeches really don't help their causes. I mean it usually is a big ramble that would not convince anyone that is not on your side to change his mind. Field, for example, sounded confuse and said that if women ran the countries there would be no wars. That is nonsense. Didn't Golda Meir fought the Arabs? I am sure Margaret Thacher would not hesitate to fight a war. Sometimes wars are necessary. We just should not fight those that are not necessary.
Also read in Time magazine that Kathy Griffin was censored when she accepted a creative-arts Emmy, telecasted on E!. Of course nobody watched that. I didn't even know there was such a channel! She said "a lot of people come up here and thank Jesus for this award but no one had less to do with this award than Jesus". The Catholic League condemned the remarks and got it edited out of the broadcast. It is absurd that people thank God when they win an award or score a touchdown. The true God would careless about who won an Emmy or the Super Bowl. Now I am sure Kathy Griffin would not have gone to Tehran and told the Iranian basketball team, which had recently won the Asian championship that "Allah really has nothing to do with this unless He told China not to send Yao Ming and the rest of the "A" team to the tournament". If she had said that in Tehran she would probably be beheaded. We didn't go that far here but by censoring her, we are moving a little closer to Iran.
The truth is that these people who make political statements at awards make themselves look silly. But at the same time, people who censor them look silly also and even help spread their messages. Everybody wondered what Sally Field had said and looked for it in the papers the next day. If they had heard it on t.v. they would have not paid any attention at all. Kathy Griffin's comments would not have been heard by anyone since nobody watches E! anyway. But by getting censored, her message is in Time and other media. It is like protesting a book or movie, it just helps the sales.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
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I think they should just tell people that political statements are not allowed when accepting awards. I can't stand it when someone wins and they take forever to thank everyone under the stars. Then they play the music and they're still yapping away. I also think it's tasteless to include a political statement. I don't think these award shows are a place to do so.
ReplyDeleteThe God thing bothers me but I hear it so often that it kinda just goes in one ear and out the other.
Jon Kitna, who had a "concussion" during the Lions game, said the other day, that God helped him back on the field and it was a miracle that he was able to guide the Lions to victory.
I kinda rolled my eyes when he said that, but I guess he believes what he believes.
As far a Kathy Griffin goes, though it may be true, I don't know if that was really the place to say it.
-LBOAYM