The Oscars

Unless, you are Patrick Star and you live under a rock, you probally know that the Oscars were last night. It is a magical 20 or so hours event where the majority of the telecast is dedicated to pauses, hesitations, jokes and pre-recorded looks of joy and disappointment. But, what I really want to focus on in this post, is Seth MacFarlane as the host of this grand event. While prominent news sources say that he was too provocative and his jokes were plainly offensive, I happened to like him. Both I and MacFarlane knew he was going to get bad reviews as the host.  In the opening spoof, MacFarlene comes out swinging against himself, taking the first punch in a made up headline,  "MacFarlane is the best host ever says everyone except Entertainment weekly".

 I think MacFarlane's jokes  were made not to impress the boring adults but to appeal to the younger crowd. Not everyone can be Tina and Amy, but his song about "b**bs" and his sock puppet summary of Flight had me falling on the floor. MacFarlane showed that he can also be classy.   His Sinatra song dance with Joseph Gordon Levitt and Daniel Radcliffe was nice so I am sure most people liked it. 

Maybe this is what life is going to be for me as an artist. I will put something out there for people see, (like this blog) and it will be critiqued. I know for a fact that my work will not be liked by most people, but I will continue to work and work and whoever likes my work, I will find excellent, and those who do not, well that's ok too. I will listen to what everyone has to say and perhaps incorporating constructive criticism will make me a better artist.

i imagine MacFarlane  knew he was going to be skewered, as he had so many many times before.   undaunted, he made his jokes and did his skits not caring what anyone else thought of him as shown by the fact that he joked about this throughout the entire night of the show. I know that he will not get as much praise as Tina and Amy, but he sure does have guts. I also, like how he pokes holes in his work and makes fun of it, even if he probably worked hard on it for months. 

For me, the point is that I should stop worrying about what others think about my work, though constructive criticism is fine, I can only get better, (after all 10,000 hours, right?).