The Oscars (and other awards)

Matt Damon wins Best Actor (Comedy) for The Martian.

Hell yeah he did.

Twitter is telling me he said "What the fuck does sugartits even mean?"

Jennifer Lawrence wins Best Actress (Comedy).

Brie Larson wins Best Actress (Drama).

The Revenant wins Best Picture (Drama)

I've only watched a couple clips so far but wow that Amy Schumer/Jennifer Lawrence bit was painfully unfunny. Even the crowd's reaction was mixed at best. But as usual social media is calling it 'amazing!' because WOMYN!

I'll be politically incorrect for a moment but what I don't get is that people complain how there aren't enough women in comedy, then we get force-fed people like Amy Schumer who are popular solely because they're women. It's a weird cycle.

She came into the picture doing standup that would have relegated her to open mics in dive bars had the same sets been done by a man. Her show has writers who deserve as much credit as she does but if she had been born with a penis she (he) wouldn't be anywhere.

There's a difference between not getting something and not being overly fond of dick/fart/weed jokes repeated ad nauseum. There's not a whole lot 'not to get' with the movies in that vein. I give Seth Rogen et al. as much credit as they deserve when they deserve it. If anything, it's his legitimately funny movies like Observe and Report that seem to go over peoples' heads. Not enough cum jokes for the hoi poloi I guess.

As for Schumer, yeah, there is a concerted effort to 'make things PC' so to speak, even in comedy and especially in entertainment overall. Look at SNL. There was an phony outcry from Jezebel or some rag that 'there weren't enough women of color' involved with the show. A 'special' casting call specifically for black women was held and boom, just like that Sasheer Zamata was added to the cast and Leslie Jones was brought on as a writer, later moved to a cast member. Sure they deserve some credit but they were cast primarily because they were specifically looking for black female talent. Why? Because nowadays you just gotta have it. If you don't it wouldn't be....well you know the term. Schumer applies. I'm sure you have access to HBO Go or HBO Live. Go watch a few minutes of her standup at the Apollo. Maybe you'll find it funny. I doubt it but maybe.

If anything I think Any Schumer has become more tame than her better early stuff.

She becomes painfully unfunny to watch when she's limited by network suits, but she's still cool in my book. Any woman that could give shit back to Patrice Oneal is alright.