Bizarre Double Standards? At the Oscars? Naaaaahhh!

From Yahoo News...

So, the Oscars will give awards for Best Sound Effects Editing and a lifetime achievement statue to the guy who invented the Steadicam, but the folks who do dives off of 40-story buildings and crash cars don't get anything. What a crock.

I mean, you can even lump 'em into the Scientific and Technical Awards show if you want, to eliminate the "makes the show too long" argument. I mean, jeez, if they were REALLY interested in keeping the show short they'd just eliminate the expensive production numbers and rediculously overwritten and unfunny presenter intros. And they can get off the hooey about "adding more awards would dilute the importance of the Oscar," when they ALREADY give out awards for such hooey as makeup (i.e., Use of Most Latex) and costume design (i.e. Use of Most Fabric).

What this is really about is blatantly clear: we don't wanna recognize stuntmen because we still want folks to think that it really is the actors themselves doing all those stunts. Well, boo hoo. If some egos get bruised, who cares? So long as you repay and respect the people who take the ACTUAL bruising.