Last Fall I posted on some unusual sidewalk art that we sometimes see here in town, but I was taken aback at this inflatable, multi-tentacled, organic-looking thing installed on the top of an art gallery downtown. I suppose it might have been put up in honor of the annual Santa Barbara Film Festival that had our downtown set all ahoo last week.
Saturday evening I walked past the Arlington Theater where the street had been blocked off. A gang of workmen was setting up awnings and special lights for a red capet walk. That evening, Tom Cruise was set to be the celebrity presenter to give Will Smith a Master of Modern Cinema award. I like Will Smith and he has done some good work, but how old is he? Isn’t he a little short in the tooth to be getting a career achievement award?
It was just five-ish, but people were already lined up (in the drizzle) at the barracades and staking out tables at Carlito’s Cafe across the street to look at the big names.
That career achievement award probably doesn’t mean much. What does mean a lot, and not in a good way, is a “lifetime achievement” Oscar. The old joke is that if you get one of those, there’s no point in buying green tomatoes anymore, if you catch my drift 🙂
Peter
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