by John Walters
Dak To The Future
The Dallas Cowboys retain quarterback Dak Prescott, last seen being carted off the field at Jerry World with his ankle hanging by ligaments and tendons, for four years and $160 million. And $123 million of it, more than 3/4, is money up front as a signing bonus.
We’re well past the “Is He Worth It?” question with NFL quarterbacks (thanks, Pat Mahomes) but there are a few questions: 1) What will Prescott, entering his sixth season, be like after that gruesome ankle injury suffered against the New York Giants? and 2) How many playoff games have the Cowboys won in Prescott’s first five seasons (one)?
To be fair (not that we need to be), Prescott’s passer rating consistently rose, from 25th to 16th to 13th to 6th, in his first four full seasons before he was felled in the fifth game of 2020. He’s a good egg, too. Now all he needs to do is join Roger and Troy and lead the StarBoys to a Super Bowl victory.
Didn’t We Refer To It As A ‘Crown Show’ Only Yesterday?
Here’s quite a lede via The Irish Times:
By the way, how does one know for sure that something is fundamentally and morally wrong? When Piers Morgan, the Tucker Carlson of the U.K., is in favor of it…
Hey, When Are The Oscars?
April 25th
Have they nominated anyone yet?
No. They’ll be out next Monday, March 15.
Best Picture faves?
Nomadland, The Trial Of The Chicago 7, Mank, Malcolm & Marie, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Sound of Metal, Minari.
We haven’t seen Nomadland. Really enjoyed The Trial of The Chicago 7 and Mank and predict a Best Supporting Actress win for Amanda Seyfried in the latter. That could also win Best Screenplay, which isn’t easy to do in a year that Sorkin has a film out. But it’s our favorite script of the little we’ve seen.
Will there be a host?
Probably not. Remember last year, students of biology, that the big winner was Parasite even though there was no host.
I Feel Seen
It’s almost as if The WSJ has abducted MH’s headline-writing staff…
Vaccinated
Do you remember the 2004 Dashboard Confessional hit “Vindicated?” We do and we always loved it. The chorus went like this:
I am…VINDICATED!
I am selfish/I am wrong
I am right/I swear I’m right
Swear I knew it all along
And I am flawed
But I am cleaning up so well
I am seeing in me now the things you swore you saw yourself
So who’s up for a parody?
I am… VACCINATED!
I am healthy/I am strong
I am white/Of course I’m white
So the line it wasn’t long
And I’m immune,
But I’m still eating fries and cheese,
I won’t get COVID-19 but I will die of heart disease….
Of the best picture faves, I’ve only seen Nomadland. Hard pass. Strong performances from minor characters (real people), but from all the hype, I thought the movie was slow and underwhelming.
Respectfully disagree on Nomadland. It is at times a bleak movie, but at the same time heart-rending and beautifully filmed. It doesn’t scream “Best Picture” because it is quiet and without much grandeur, but that matches the subject matter. In my mind, it is well worth seeing. It is interesting that it will likely be up against “Chicago 7,” because although both films are a snapshot of a moment in time in American history, they couldn’t be more different in style.