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It's Pat a Millionaire on the Back Time

Here we are again, another year has come and gone for the entertainment industry and we as the public are about to enter that long and tedious period of time that many refer to as the "award show season".

You know the time of year I'm talking about. It's the time of year when even the reputable networks and news organizations from television to print media bombard us with meaningless drivel about the so called "beautiful people".

Aside from the people that are associated with the entertainment industry, who watches this nonsense, and who really cares? I find it extremely annoying to turn on the television first thing in the morning to get a weather report or an update on the news from some network like CNN, only to find that loud mouth, third rate comedian Joan Rivers and her equally obnoxious daughter telling me what I kind of evening gown I can expect Meryl Streep or Helen Mirren to be wearing later this week on the red carpet. What practical purpose does knowing this trivial bit of information have?

I get equally annoyed when I open a Time magazine a week later only to find an article of several pages about last weeks winners and losers, who were the best dressed, who were the worst dressed, who had the best hair style, and all that other foolishness they are trying to push down our throats as being newsworthy.

Let's face it; shows like this are just for the shameless promotion of a bunch of millionaires who get together several times a year to pat themselves on the back.

These people of the upper echelon spend millions of dollars a year on these extravagant banquets, with their over priced evening gowns and tuxedos, hairstyles and jewelry. I would have more respect for these folks if just once, one of them were to show up at one of these affairs wearing a dress they purchased at J.C. Penney's, and when asked about their attire they simply said "You like my gown? I paid $300 for it, and I gave the other $13,000 I was going to spend on a dress to a homeless shelter in my hometown". When someone wears one piece of clothing worth more than the yearly salary of hard working American being paid minimum wage it makes me sick.

On the rare occasion when I do happen to watch one of these shows, or rather a part of one, because that is generally about all I can stomach; I am always amazed by the reaction of the actors and actress when they announce the winner of the category for which they were nominated. They're always smiling, kissing, shaking hands, and hugging admirers and fellow actors all the way to the stage, and then when they get there, they turn into crying babbling fools. I thought these people were actors, if they can turn on the tears, can't they turn them off, or is that all part of the act?

They all seem to have the same thing to say too, thanking their agents, producers, directors, mothers, fathers, children, and fellow actors for helping them master their "craft". Why do they use that term craft anyway? I always thought crafts were something your aunt Edna and grandma did on Saturday afternoons to donate to their church for the annual Christmas bazaar to raise money to send the church members children to summer camp. You never hear a truck driver say "I want to thank everyone at the AAA Truck Driving School of Deviling, Indiana for helping me master my craft".

We spend too much time, energy and money on all this glitz, glamour and garbage. We should stop treating these people as if they were royalty and put an end to encouraging their senseless, moronic behavior and lifestyles.

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