The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has officially been added to my shit list. While I applaud the voters for choosing "The Hurt Locker" over "Avatar", even though I've seen neither, I have a real bone to pick with their "In Memoriam" segment.
Michael Jackson gets the nod, but Farrah Fawcett is left to be forgotten? And the best that Academy organizers can say is that, "Ms. Fawcett's acting contributions were made mainly to television" and "every year it is a very difficult job to decide who is mentioned in the tribute."
Alright, I'll concede those points. Clearly it's her role as "Charlie's Angels" Jill Monroe that we'll all remember her for (especially if you were a boy approaching pre-pubescence at the time). And I'm sure that it's very hard to sift through all the behind the scenes dudes who mix sound, grip keys and gaff (whatever the hell that is)...but c'mon, don't try to hand me some bullshit that M.J. was any more associated with motion pictures. He was a legendary pop singer and he played the Scarecrow in "The Wiz"...not exactly a Nicholsonesque resume.
Farrah entertained audiences from "Logan's Run" to "The Cannonball Run", not to mention starring opposite the night's Best Actor winner Jeff Bridges in 1978's "Somebody Killed Her Husband". She also had a leading role in "Saturn 3" which starred not one but TWO past and future Best Actor nominees...the legendary Kirk Douglas and Harvey Keitel.
Don't worry Farrah, the Academy may have deemed you not worthy, but as any red blooded American male who lived through the '70s can attest, you always held a place of honor on our walls and in our pants...I mean hearts.
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