Popular Culture |
3 February 2003
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Awards Season Arrives -- Pity
The Golden Globes have been and gone, and these prizes awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press (formerly 50 stringers who survived on hors d'oeuvres) mark the beginning of the annual pat-on-the-back season for the entertainment world. The problem, though, is the ubiquity of these awards have debased their value on an artistic level. For more, click here.
Tampa Beats Oakland, NFL Inc. Wins
American football lacks the camaraderie of rubgy, the true ruggedness of Aussie rules football, and the global standing of soccer (what the rest of the world means by "football"), but it has all of them beat when it comes to marketing. But the Super Bowl, the league's championship, has become polluted by the marketing and money-go-round that the final match has become. The true football fan doesn't much care, so long as the outcome is pleasing, and perhaps if the game is close. But the National Football League is creating a problem for itself with the side-shows it has established. Click here to read on.