Oscar, Kimmel, politics and penises

Jimmy Kimmel couldn't keep from talking politics at the Oscars and the Oscars couldn't keep from sucking again, and this time losing viewers in double digits.

Kimmel vowed to keep this year's Oscars positive, and he failed miserably with ratings to prove it. The ratings were down 15.6 percent compared to last year's 18.9 rating in Nielsen's overnight numbers from 8 to 11 p.m. ET.

And the unfunny comedian told the truth when he said "We don't make films like 'Call Me By Your Name' for money. We make them to upset Mike Pence." Yes, Hollywood makes movies to pontificate or push their point of view, not to entertain us. And it's beginning to show in the numbers.

Sunday's Oscars might become the lowest-rated Oscars of all time. The focus was on diversity--not of thinking or opinion, but of gender and skin color. Clearly, if you are a conservative in Hollywood, your diversity doesn't count. But if you claim to be a feminist, you better not complain about the way women are treated in Islamic countries, or mention Harvey Weinstein's name anymore--that's ancient history for Hollywood.

In fact, three women who have been mistreated by Harvey Weinstein did everything they could not to mention him or their stories. Their words made no sense to outsiders who didn't know the details of what Weinstein did to each of them.

Dan Gainor Vice President of Media Research Center told Fox News "The Tinseltown elite genuinely hate the people they expect will pay to see their movies and watch their TV shows. Why do we support them?"

The films that won awards weren't all that great. In fact, some might say they sucked and it took 4 hours to do the job of awarding each other with the trophy.

Kimmel took a swipe at men, particularly white men, of which category he holds a membership card. He said that he wished he wasn't a man, but not surprisingly, he isn't man enough to become a transgender woman. [He should put his money where his mouth is, or whatever.]

Then Kimmel took a swipe at Fox News viewers: "Oscar is 90 years old tonight, which means he's probably at home tonight watching Fox News."

I bet Kimmel's right because almost nobody was watching the Oscars because of hateful rhetoric like that. 

Sadly, it isn't even funny.

The movie "The Shape of Water" took home the award for best picture because it had a communist helping a mute girl have sex with a fish.

Some Holly-wooden heads spoke about the #MeToo movement and diversity. Frances McDormand who won best actress of "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" spoke about inclusion riders after asking for all females who were nominated in any category in 2018 to stand. An inclusion rider would force film makers to include a variety of individuals based on a group identity (aka things they were born with). 

If McDormand gets her way, and people are selected for the cinema based on anything other than acting talent and appropriateness for a role, Hollywood will have to file for bankruptcy. 


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