OK, maybe that bit isn’t strictly true but if this years ” entertainment ” is anything to go by then who knows .
The entertainment to which I refer of course is the evenings host Seth Macfarlane’s opening song ” We saw your boobs “.
Now, dont get me wrong , I’m not someone who’s had a sense of humour by-pass, on the contrary some of my favourite film moments involve nudity or lavatorial humour but i can see why this has ruffled a few feathers .
The general feeling amongst women tends to fall into the whole double standards category over it . Like i say its highly unlikely we’d see a woman doing a song about male parts on the film worlds biggest night of the year so why is it ok for a male host to do the same. And is the fact he’s got the gay male voice choir singing with him supposed to somehow make up for it cos “hey they are just like us girls” just with slightly less handbags…..
There are those who argue that the song was done tongue in cheek and that looking to macfarlanes creations ’ Family Guy ’ and ’ Ted ‘ it should be obvious thats not how he really feels about women and shouldnt be taken seriously. I get the whole tongue in cheek thing as do pretty much most women but when a host is also cracking jokes about domestic violence and reducing the women who have worked hard to get where they are today to a pair of boobs while doing a coy smile to camera to imply he doesnt mean it he does come across a bit like a nasty school playground bully.
Macfarlane does apparentley have a girlfriend and i do wonder if one day he was to have a daughter if he would appreciate her being reduced to a pair of breasts on a big screen by a smug host .
Its said that he was chosen to shake the oscars up a bit this year maybe they need to shake themselves up a bit next year and realise that women are worth so much more .
Oh and Dame Judi get practising I think i feel a song coming on ……
by Nina Page
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