June 27, 2017: Del Rio News-Herald * OPINION * Letter to the Editor * Acting awards aren't awesome
Letter to the Editor, Acting awards aren’t awesome Hello my name is Vista Doolittle and while reviewing the TV Guide, in hopes of locating something worthwhile to watch, which is extremely rare these days, I noticed that the 2017 MTV Movie and TV Awards show was being broadcast on six channels, maybe on more, but I only have the 70 basic cable channels. I can’t imagine having to pay for all those premium channels, which would only be paying more, for more of the same. The 2017 MTV Movie and TV Awards show was showing live on VH-1, MTV, BET, Spike, TV land and Comedy Central, talk about overkill. And it got me wondering, why are there even acting awards? It’s adults playing a child’s game of dress-up and pretend, which we all played when we were young, and no one gave us awards for our frolicking-antics, and we certainly didn’t get paid exorbitant salaries for our extraordinary performances. The movie and TV industry is a self-absorbed...