Wednesday, December 17, 2008

So we have five or six holocaust movies to see this weekend...

...and that is because producers are making a crass grab for the Oscar gold, or so says deputy editor Andrew Wallenstein of the Hollywood Reporter. He flat out declares that these film makers have no interest in Holocaust material, beyond the Oscar incentives. Kate Winslet is even making fun of her Holocaust movie (The Reader) in a BBC sketch comedy show, saying she knew there were no more Holocaust movies to make, and she only did it for the Oscar.

I have an idea. Let's make a movie about a Hungarian Gay Jewish Cowboy politician, who is sent to Auschwitz by the Natzi's when he runs for the Mayorship of Budapest. We will call the movie Brokeback Milkowicz. It is sure to beat Wall-e for the Oscar.

I wonder if the Academy realizes what a predictable mockery it has become?