The holiday period was finally over and as the working world
returned to its normal routines, I was in the kitchen listening to Q, with Jian
Ghomeshi, who was interviewing two people with apparently different views on
whether child actors should be eligible for acting awards such as the Oscars. I
could only imagine how slow things must have been around the cultural news desk
for them to hit the ground running with that hot news potato for the New Year
kick-off. And I felt for Mr Ghomeshi, who earlier alluded to some of the
nastier traits of a flu-bug that was biting him. Safe from Jian's
gastrointestinal dilemma and removed from the raging debate, I poured another
cup of joe and turned to a sink full of morning dishes.
That was when one of the
guests mentioned how it would be unfair to expect a young child to embark upon
the gruelling campaign required when vying for an Oscar or any of the other
major movie business prizes. Yes, in the land that "elected" George W
Bush twice(!), it's the best campaign that carries the day. And who would
expect naive, but talented, young waifs to wrestle in the show-biz mud with the
likes of Daniel Day-Lewis and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Being on the eve of Oscar nomination day (Jan 10), I pondered just how many new spins can be put on that
publicity machine that delivers the Oscars every year. Hmmm...kids vs adults--yeah, that oughta work. Oh well, with the dishes done I thought about how we
might capitalize on some of the award season publicity that is generated by
those campaigning adults. Let the kids think of Santa resting after a long
Christmas eve and Oscars always going to the best.
Thursday morning I'll greet
the nominations with a coffee and a dishtowel over my shoulder, ready to clean up
before the campaign cage matches get underway.
Peter
No comments:
Post a Comment