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Oscars 2020 — well, that’s three & a half hours of my life I’m never getting back again.

Maxine Page
15 min readFeb 11, 2020

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I subjected myself to watching the Oscars last night — one, because I’m a passively suicidal masochist, and two, because I’m a word ho for hire.

Thankfully it was for my awesome and amazing friend Evan’s blog, (go show her some love and “like” her “Daily Candid News” Facebook page peeps — she rocks) and so she let me write my genuine thoughts, and in my own voice no less — so refreshing after the past few months of laboring in “content” writer for hire hell.

I’m rather proud of it actually…. I know nobody bothers to even read past the headline these days, but try and force yourselves to, hey, you might even find it entertaining.

Or not, whatever.

An earlier version of this post was first published on DailyCandid News.com

The 92nd Academy Awards was broadcast live from the Dolby Theater at the Hollywood and Highland Center in Hollywood Sunday night, and oh boy, the Oscars 2020 was every bit as terrible, insufferable, smug and boring as all the others over the decades.

Before it had even kicked off the show had already stirred up a fair bit of controversy–yet again–as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was slammed for its lack of diversity. With pretty good reason, seeing as only two of the twenty actors and actresses nominated were people of color, and no female director was nominated.

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Maxine Page
Maxine Page

Written by Maxine Page

Maxine Page is a Brit-born ex-tabloid editor who spent 16-yrs selling her soul to Hollywood. Now she travels, writes, paints & makes weird shit.

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