Golden Globes pass on 'Bury My Heart'Saulteaux actor Adam Beach could have been one of those lucky few to make the red carpet walk. He was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for his role as Lakota physician Charles Eastman in the HBO film "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee." He did not, however, go home with an award.
Anna Paquin, who played Eastman's wife, Elaine Goodale Eastman, in "Bury My Heart," received a nod for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television. The film also was nominated for Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture, but was trumped by another HBO film, "Longford."Comment:
Bury My Heart goes 0-3 in the categories it was nominated in. It wasn't even nominated for its writing or directing. That sounds about right to me.
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Writerfella here --
Counting in the fact that the Golden Globes are selected by less than 100 members of the 'Foreign Press,' they basically are meaningless to American culture, therefore. Good try, though. Perhaps BlueComix or whatever you call yourself can initiate your own awards presentation on narrow-cast TV...
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Russ Bates
'writerfella'
After two years you don't know what my operation is called? It's Blue Corn Comics, dummy.
I'm already awarding the coveted Stereotype of the Month and Year designations. Perhaps I'll make a video of 2007's losers when I announce them.
The Golden Globe winners influence the Oscar votes and both awards influence the subsequent box office. In any case, the Golden Globes are part of our popular culture regardless of who picks them.
Writerfella here --
Not THIS year, as the writers' strike reduced the Golden Globes to a pedestrian press conference that few watched and we even may see the Academy Awards similarly trivialized. And your website as easily could be Blue Duck Comix for all the recognition value the name now possesses for the mainstream...
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Russ Bates
'writerfella'
Hm-mm. My "recognition value" still doesn't explain why you didn't know the name. Having trouble with your reading comprehension again?
Re my name recognition:
Rob on the screen
Term paper cites Blue Corn Comics
Summing up the Eiteljorg event
Major article on comic-book Indians
War at Home report
Etc.
I suppose you could argue Blue Corn Comics' 50,000 hits per day, Newspaper Rock's 1,000 hits per day, Indian Comics Irregular's 700 subscribers, et al. aren't part of the mainstream. No matter. Whoever these people are, my words and ideas are reaching them.
I wonder how many people read the last short story you published. 1,000? 10,000? Almost 20 million people per year are reading my website. Even more are seeing my work at PECHANGA.net. So I'll happily take my influence on the Native and mainstream cultures over yours.
Writerfella here --
Well, perhaps writerfella can pick and choose the names of computer websites that he visits, dependent upon what those websites mean to him personally. Oh, look! There goes that same bunny rabbit!
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Russ Bates
'writerfella'
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