Screenwriter angst...

Paulie-

Roger L. Simon's angst is spot-on. I agree with his assessment of Haggis' perception. I am surrounded by these sorts, with the one difference being they are not all rich and famous. The "westside" vision is almost cult-like, the embodiment of their own phony brand of liberalism, the sort that would even get Russ Feingold upset.

Another well-used term for many of these people...limousine liberals.

Oscar night is when the worst of these get to rule the roost in tinseltown. I spent the past few days in Reno and then Spokane, watching and enjoying college basketball. I flew back from Spokane to L.A. on Sunday morning, in time to get over to TGS to produce this week's issue. I saw two ends of the American spectrum in a few short hours--Spokane, which actually wreaks more Americana than L.A. ever would, a non-pretentious little place where the big excitement this week was hosting the state basketball tournament and Gonzaga hoops hosting the WCC Tournament, where Adam Morrison is the biggest celebrity in town, to L.A., awash with these self-righteous phonies and fawning media sorts who embarrass themselves annually on Oscar night.

After comparing the two up close and personal, I much prefer the place that would embrace Adam Morrison rather than the one that embraces George Clooney...