Stephen King has an uneasy relationship with Hollywood.
The horror creator’s works have impressed dozens of movies. The standard veers from Oscar-winning fare (“Distress”) to dreck like countless “Youngsters of the Corn” sequels. That brief story spawned a franchise that refuses to die.
One clunker, “Most Overdrive,” is all his fault. King directed the 1986 dud.
Now, King is weighing in on this yr’s Oscars race. Particularly, the creator says the present shouldn’t go on. King mentioned as a lot on BlueSky, the house for liberals who want a protected area from conservative factors of view.
Not voting within the Oscars this yr. IMHO they need to cancel them. No glitz with Los Angeles on fireplace.
The creator bought loads of pushback on the opinion. Right here’s simply considered one of many responses.
Town wants them – even when you don’t. They make use of lots of people and assist to assist and promote considered one of our largest industries. Whining concerning the Oscars is doing the precise reverse of supporting our metropolis.
Up to now, he’s holding agency.
I hear what you guys are saying concerning the Oscars, and the way they’re a celebration of life, and the present should go on, blah-blah-blah, so-on-and-so-forth. All of it makes a level of sense, however to me it nonetheless seems like Nero fiddling whereas Rome burns. Or on this case, carrying fancy garments whereas LA burns.
Agree? Disagree? Be happy to weigh in beneath.