2nd Law: The Oscars: Looking through a gold-plated statuette onion: "Which points back to my initial question: what do award ceremonies that parade spectacular stories about marginalized voices have to do with the existence in reality of political and economic marginalization? The Oscars, historically resistant to union politics, epitomize American capitalist traditions of financial opportunism and their dubious ethics, while simultaneously literalizing our culture’s profound need for the escapist fantasy of the Oscar ceremony.
Will the crew members, technicians, acting extras, janitors, and catering staff for Brokeback Mountain be attending this year’s awards festival? I would venture not. "
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