>Perhaps she wasn't refering to Crash, but the other nominees
>like Munich and Good Night..., both of which deal with
>historical issues. However, if so, then she's a retard,
>because though each deals with a story that is many years old,
>they're both quite relevant to what is going on now. Munich
>deals with the Middle East saga, and that sure hasn't changed
>much since the dates in the film, and Clooney's movie is very
>timely.
>
>How can a comparison to a movie about "the debate over free
>silver" be logical and seen as anything but a dillusional
>woman angry she didn't win.

But she is talking about Crash, she makes no reference to the other nominees at all.

>>In contrast Brokeback Mountain can tell a complex and
>>unapolegitic story about a Gay relationship without
>resorting
>>to the kind of broad "gay people are people too!" lessons
>>movies like Philadelphia were obliged to over a decade ago.
>
>Yawn.

It's true though. If you're willing to just completely dismiss the underlying reason of her anger as tired what's the point of getting mad at her?

>>She's bitter about losing to a piece of shit, not losing in
>>general. There's nothing wrong with that.
>
>Sure there is. It's an award show. People lose. Don't be a
>fucking crybaby. Man the fuck up already.

I'm not sure if there are any tear stains in the stationary she wrote that on. She's a writer, she can whip up strong words like this in her sleep.

>> She'd probably be
>>irked if she had nothing to do with the awards like a load
>of
>>other people are. Cronenberg chimed in with the same
>sentiment
>>last week.
>
>No he didn't. He chimed in that he was upset he wasn't even
>nominated, and that he felt like that was because his film
>wasn't political enough for them, based on what did get the
>nod.

I think there was an implication in his statement that the voters were too stupid to grasp a complex message.