dis·si·dent
noun
a person who opposes official policy, especially that of an authoritarian state.
I see that Google agreed to set fire to the Reichstag call the Gulf of Mexico something other than what it is in order to appease the latest whims of the Toddler in Chief. But don't fret — we here at the Monkey will continue to live in the real world, at least until they drag us off to the gulag.
Apparently it doesn't take much to become a dissident these days ...
Named for Katie-Bar-The-Door, the Katies are "alternate Oscars"—who should have been nominated, who should have won—but really they're just an excuse to write a history of the movies from the Silent Era to the present day.
To see a list of nominees and winners by decade, as well as links to my essays about them, click the highlighted links:
Remember: There are no wrong answers, only movies you haven't seen yet.
The Silent Oscars
And don't forget to check out the Silent Oscars—my year-by-year choices for best picture, director and all four acting categories for the pre-Oscar years, 1902-1927.
Look at me—Joe College, with a touch of arthritis. Are my eyes really brown? Uh, no, they're green. Would we have the nerve to dive into the icy water and save a person from drowning? That's a key question. I, of course, can't swim, so I never have to face it. Say, haven't you anything better to do than to keep popping in here early every morning and asking a lot of fool questions?
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