FINGER POINTING HALL OF FAME

Finger pointing ought to be a sport, a professional league, since it’s so common among amateurs.

It’s so popular because we all know better, or at least better than the latest opinion.

There’s only one problem with starting a league, though:

Everyone could do it better than anyone else.

But I still want one.

Where else can people learn about the subtle consequences of improper finger pointing.

Here’s an example:

The earth is round, not flat, which isn’t the latest opinion out, but still persistent.

Say that to a Flat Earther and you might get the finger pointed for falling under the false assumptions of centuries of science, telescopes, and space exploration.

You might even get baited into the discussion on whether or not the moon landing actually happened.

But, all kidding aside, these are light weight categories in The Finger Pointing Hall of Fame.

We all know that O.J. Simpson is the their favorite astronaut.

Three astronauts (James Brolin, Sam Waterston, O.J. Simpson) are about to launch into space on the first mission to Mars.

 

Hollywood Finger Pointing For Barbie

Richard Roper from Chicago:

 

 

What happened?

Too girlie? Too cartoony? Too plastic?

Character arcs that don’t make sense?

Confusing transitions?

I liked it more than I thought I would.

I knew it had something going when I went to the big screen for Oppy and saw the Barbie promotions, movie fans dressed in Barbie-ish rigs, groups of young women, mom’s with daughters.

It looked like a party, a celebration, then I went in to hear, “I have become death.”

The Academy likes “I have become death”

Oppenheimer draws thirteen nominations for what looked like a bio-pic with a look-alike actor playing Oppy.

It’s always a question to me whether it’s acting, or impersonating?

 

What About Them Values

There’s an old movie saying about Message Films:

If you want to send a message, use a telegram, (or an email, text. It’s an old saying.)

Now we have a new saying:

We in the Academy voting block don’t understand Barbie, and we tried.

We tried so hard.

 

All Barbie shows is a tight-assed cohort posturing for significance by claiming their theatrical leaning, their favorite movie subjects, and who, based on those leaning, is most deserving.

But, what if Barbie sweeps its nominations, and I hope they do, then what?

The voters in the Academy might avoid the tight-assed introspection they’ll give each other to wake up the next chance to get it right.