There is nothing wrong about recognizing greatness. To bestow an award on anything that is truly excellent is something we love to do. Olympic Gold medal winners stand atop a pedestal, the "best breed" at a dog show prances around with a yellow ribbon pinned to its collar, and the Coney Island hot dog eating champion signs autographs for hours in the hot sun.
When it comes to movies, we have the Oscars. I love the annual award ceremony where the best movie of the year is picked. Yet, the three hour event is now a sleeper because there are so many categories. I do want to see and applaud the best movie. I am also interested in the best Actor. Yet why can't men and women both compete for that award? We are trying to determine who does the best job, not who does the best job in relation to their gender. In the Olympics, men and women compete in different categories because we are physically different. It would not be fair to have women and men together. There is just no way the best female weightlifter could beat her male counter-part. Yet why do we feel that the same holds true in acting?
Why do we have to give award to supporting actors and actresses? Why do directors, producers, and editors get awards? I don't care who has the best make-up and the best costumes, do you? All these things are parts of a movie. If every part of the movie is great, then the movie should win. I will not go see a movie that the critics panned just because it won "best make-up" at the Oscars.
I say reduce the whole event to two awards. It would take five minutes and we could all get on with the rest of our lives. We might even have time to watch the film and the actor who won.
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