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hfojvt

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22. the purpose of the award shows

Mon Jan 26, 2015, 11:25 AM

Jan 2015

is to sell more records or movies.

Not sure what the "Kennedy Center honors" are doing.

Then there's the "Presidential medal of freedom" which often goes to a celebrity or politician.

I see there are tons of them for music and film, althoug Yo Yo Ma has won one and Gene Simmons hasn't. Wait, he was born in Israel? I never knew that until just now. Okay, Tommy Shaw then.

And Friedrich von Hayek? Really? And who could be more deserving of a national honor than Strom Thurmond? Maybe they should give one to Jefferson Davis posthumously.

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Nobel Prizes and awards for saving lives. Rare. Entertainers receiving awards. Endless. [View all] merrily Jan 2015 OP

I don't watch any of them. HappyMe Jan 2015 #1

Why do we seem more obsessed with singers and actors than with brain surgeons? merrily Jan 2015 #2

I don't know that brain surgeons HappyMe Jan 2015 #10

Yeah! And how many knighthoods are bestowed for protecting the Realm? Orrex Jan 2015 #3

In the US? merrily Jan 2015 #5

Hell yeah! Are there any other countries that matter? Orrex Jan 2015 #6

That's show biz! GreatGazoo Jan 2015 #4

Let's hope not! But they do get some awards. We just don't care enough to televise, though. merrily Jan 2015 #11

I probably wouldn't watch The Doctor Awards either. HappyMe Jan 2015 #15

Even if the award were for inventing some lifesaving procedure? Or finding a vaccine or curing some merrily Jan 2015 #16

Probably not. HappyMe Jan 2015 #17

Even reading the names of all winners and their accomplishments in papers would be an improvement, merrily Jan 2015 #18

Just because they are scientists HappyMe Jan 2015 #19

Never said they didn't know how to dress. Whether they know or care who designed their garb and merrily Jan 2015 #20

the purpose of the award shows hfojvt Jan 2015 #22

i thought your Op might be about this. a fav of mine and right on point to your OP. seabeyond Jan 2015 #7

Yes (except celebrities were hosting an award show for fellow celebrities when they they said it). merrily Jan 2015 #12

I read about them the next day el_bryanto Jan 2015 #8

I think my Reply 11 answers your question. I also don't know how we change priorities. merrily Jan 2015 #13

I am pretty sure brain surgeons get their due hfojvt Jan 2015 #25

Unsung in comparison. Everything is relative, as the saying goes. merrily Jan 2015 #45

None. Most of the award winners are selected by morons. Adrahil Jan 2015 #9

Not everyone wants to be on tv JI7 Jan 2015 #14

I don't watch any of them. MineralMan Jan 2015 #21

LOL! merrily Jan 2015 #23

I'm curious. What did you find in my post to LOL about? MineralMan Jan 2015 #26

So any form of entertainment is unacceptable until the world's problems are dealt with? brooklynite Jan 2015 #24

Never said anything remotely like that. Starting a post with "So" and purporting to reword are merrily Jan 2015 #27

Awards shows are nothing more than escapist entertainment and are treated as such... brooklynite Jan 2015 #29

I am not sure they are treated as such. And a more pointed question might be merrily Jan 2015 #31

The entertainment business is a business which knows how to self promote, those awards shows Bluenorthwest Jan 2015 #28

I don't know if mass popularity is utterly worthless to research scientists. merrily Jan 2015 #30

I mean professionally. Popularity is not their stock in trade, it is for entertainers. Bluenorthwest Jan 2015 #34

You made excellent points. merrily Jan 2015 #35

PBS used to air the Nobel Prize ceremonies. kentauros Jan 2015 #32

Luckily, we can recognize accomplishments of others without subjecting ourselves to education. merrily Jan 2015 #33

Yes we can :) kentauros Jan 2015 #39

With enough media hype, we might be able to be trained to have more interest than we current seem to merrily Jan 2015 #42

You have to look at it from the media's side, though. kentauros Jan 2015 #47

Would love forsaken mortal Jan 2015 #36

I forgot that the prizes were individually designed. kentauros Jan 2015 #40

One would think that at least some public access station could air them. merrily Jan 2015 #43

I don't watch any. 840high Jan 2015 #37

I don't have a need to see rich people pat each other on the back. cherokeeprogressive Jan 2015 #38

All I can say is that country music seems to have an awards show every week. nt Dreamer Tatum Jan 2015 #41

That could probably be made into a good country music song. merrily Jan 2015 #46

I'm of the mind that entertainment is considered... entertaining LanternWaste Jan 2015 #44