Derek Bodner’s Blog

Entertainment awards shows and the Wing Bowl.

Awards Shows
Can’t stand them. A bunch of people with a huge sense of entitlement. It’s the stroking of ego’s for people who constantly need their ego’s stroked, coming to these events completely aloof of the problems of the average person, in multi-thousand dollar dresses in the middle of a recession. All they can say is how this validates them and their career, as if the constant admiration they get from us “regular” people isn’t enough, nor is the millions they get per movie. For us simple folk, a nice “good job” from our boss every now and then is all we expect and desire. Amazingly, we can function without the world giving us admiration for our job well done.

You want to have an award show celebrating the good work done by people? How about putting doctors on a national stage so we can celebrate them? Or maybe police officers who are risking their lives for us every day for a mere $40k per year? Or maybe a teacher, putting in longer hours than they should, for less pay than they should, trying to make our children the best they can be?

Actually, come to think of it, that’s probably a good thing. If those jobs attracted the type of people who are out for personal acclaim and recognition, they’re probably people I wouldn’t want in those roles anyway.

While I have an interest in the films that get awards, I can do without the hoopla of the awards shows.

Wing Bowl

I’m probably the only guy in Philadelphia who doesn’t like the Wing Bowl. Actually, I don’t have a huge problem with the event. But the lead up to the event is brutal. Annoying to listen to, and distracting from real issues that should be talked about on sports talk radio, like, well…sports. During the middle of playoff push, I don’t want to hear about how many pot pie’s some fat guy can eat, or listen to a guy describe on the radio how gorgeous a girl looks. If you want to have your event, fine. But it makes for crappy radio.

There, I said it.