It occurred to me today that the Academy Awards (the Oscars) are basically the American female’s Super Bowl.
- Many women look forward to the Oscars the way men look forward to the Super Bowl.
- It’s an occasion to have parties.
- It’s an occasion for all sorts of interesting, new television commercials.
- They both are events that are heavily bet upon, both in Vegas and in small pools that people set up with their friends.
- They both have ridiculous amounts of “pre-game shows”. Notably, for this year’s Oscars, not only did E! have the traditional “red carpet” show (the leadup to the Oscars), but they had the “Countdown to the Red Carpet” (essentially, the “countdown to the countdown to the Oscars”)
erm… my flatmate and I both looked forward to the Oscars. Had our popcorn and coffee ready. and we’re male. 😛