LATE WORD ON WILL SMITH AND CHRIS ROCK: WHO GIVES A DAMN?

 

4/27/22

 

I wrote the following letter to the Chicago Sun-Times almost a month ago.   While I generally wait awhile before posting these letters to the blog in order to see if they get published, I have given this one too much time.  For that, I apologize to you, my readers.  I pledge to post these sooner, when they are more timely, but, I might add, no more relevant.

 

By the way, I have long been a believer in Shakespeare’s adage that “Brevity is the soul of wit,” more in theory than in practice.   This post, and today’s other post, are examples of actually putting those wise words into practice.   Regular readers, however, know better than to count on this newfound brevity continuing:

 

 

3/31/22

 

All the attention that has been paid to the Chris Rock/Will Smith shenanigans at this year’s Oscars, and to the Oscars in general, over the last week has provided further evidence for what is by now glaringly obvious:   We are a silly, silly people consumed with trivia and gorging itself on a steady diet of cotton candy for the mind.