And the Oscar goes to.. Bridesmaids?

  To me, Oscar night is a celebration of groundbreaking, non popcorn flicks.  It's a chance for smaller film makers to actually gain a fleeting moment of recognition after being overlooked by the vast majority of film goers during the given year.  Yet, this year, Bridesmaids is a best picture nominee.  Yes folks, Judd Apatow may actually pick up an Oscar before he learns how to both pace and edit his films.  Note to Mister Apatow, Funny People was a wee bit too looooooooong.  Now I thought that it was a tad bit over rated but wouldn't a film like Shame have better benefited from a best picture nomination instead of Bridesmaids?  Films like Shame are the lifeblood of whatever is left of indie cinema, if indie cinema even exists anymore.  I'm sure the positive buzz for Bridesmaids isn't much ado about nothing but does it deserve a best picture nomination?  In my world, no.  To me, nominating Bridesmaids for best picture is a slap in the face to indie pioneers like the late Adrienne Shelley and Hal Hartley.  The Academy wouldn't give these artists or their films the time of day but they let a throw away flick like Bridesmaids into the clubhouse?  Darren Aronofsky's masterpiece, Requiem For A Dream, gets ignored but the Academy nominates a little known liberal soap boxer called Margin Call?  Smaller film makers have a hard enough time finding an audience for their films and now the Academy wants to stack the deck even further by letting films like Bridemaids into the Oscar race.  I actually want to see Bridesmaids win the best picture Oscar so the Academy is forced to justify this potential cinematic tragedy.  What's next, Adam Sandler gets a best picture nomination next year for a Happy Gilmour sequel?  Why did the Academy stop by nominating by Bridesmaids?  Why didn't they nominate Michael Bay for best director for Transformers 3?  I say, next year, the Academy should nominate The Grey for best picture.  Heck, why not throw an Oscar nod towards Alvin and The Chipmunks?  Heck, I think that the Academy may be on to something.  Out with the important films.  Be gone indie film makers.  If Bridesmaids can make it as an Oscar contender, why not The Three Stooges film or the upcoming Fast and Furious 6.  Heck, Vin Diesel might be right; he deserves a best actor nomination.  In fact, I'm asking the Academy to revoke George Clooneys' best actor nomination so that Vin Diesel can finally get his just desserts on Hollywood's biggest night.  If the Academy is going to dilute everything that the Oscar stands for, they might as well not mess around with it.  The way things are going, I'm surprised that the Academy didn't nominate Transformers 3 instead of The Descendants for best picture.  You know that things are upside down in the land of Oscar when people can campaign for Seth Rogen for best supporting actor in 50/50 without being laughed out of town.  Ask yourself, is Seth Rogen your measuring stick of acting achievement?  Ask yourself, is Melissa McCarthy your measuring stick of acting achievement?  Not in my world folks, not in world.