I'm sure somebody on the internet has scooped me on this particular clip (what the Oscars being TWO WHOLE WEEKS AGO MOVE ON ALREADY), but in case you haven't seen it, make sure you take your irony medication before clicking play.
To recap: Kate Winslet guest stars in Extras, playing herself. "Kate Winslet" is starring in a movie about the Holocaust because she desperately wants to win an Oscar. And she has noticed (as have we all) that Holocaust movies win Oscars.
Fast forward to 2009: Kate Winslet actually wins an Oscar... for a (pretty universally unloved) movie about the Holocaust.
That sound you hear? That is the universe folding back on itself.
Elisa scooped you on this weeks ago. She mentioned of right after we saw The Reader. Which, by the by, was actually pretty good. Especially if you like seeing Kate Winslet sans clothing.
jesse @ March 10, 2009 1:06 PM
Jim, you can't just SAY stuff and have it count as a scoop. I say stuff all the time. Where's the proof? Where's the documentation? WHERE'S THE BLOG?
The proof is in the pudding. The blog pudding.
yaworm @ March 10, 2009 3:24 PM
I tossed a whole batch of (what any onomatopoeia enthusiast would call) blog pudding into a porcelain trash receptacle the other day, when McDonalds and Tilt malt beverage didn't play well together in my stomach. Next time i'll save some for you.
More importantly, i'd like to point out that there was no irony in your post until you used the word 'irony' in its own opposite sense. Consider this a formal request to stop degrading the meaning of words (i think this particular word has been through enough). My request is documented in webl-comment pudding.
Jim @ March 10, 2009 3:49 PM
It didn't seem that it was really bloggable. However, I'm *certain* that other people on the Internet have pointed this out before you. You got scooped somewhere.
Jim, my first sentence was declaring my belief that the internet as a whole scooped me. By definition, nobody can be the first to do anything on the internet, because somebody already did it. However, I dispute your claim that ELISA scooped me.
And yaworm: there is ample irony in my post. Years prior to winning an Oscar for a role in a Holocaust movie, same actress appears on comedy show satirizing the practice of appearing in Holocaust movies for the stated purpose of winning Oscars? THAT IS LIKE RAIN ON YOUR WEDDING DAY.
yaworm @ March 10, 2009 7:57 PM
Yikes, that was supposed to be satire? Well, now i can see why she needed the holocaust bump.
Jim @ March 11, 2009 12:10 AM
Jesse, do you have an iPhone? My iPhone *always* tries to autocorrect "Elisa" to "ELISA."
yaworm (292/400) @ March 12, 2009 1:42 AM
The powerful Enzyme-Linked Immuno-Sorbent Assay lobby has finally gotten its claws into Apple. It was only a matter of time once Wozniak caved to DWTS.
