Frankly, I suppose it is possible to care less about something than I do about the Hollywood set in general and the Oscars in particular. For example, I care less about the mating habits of sea slugs than I do about actors, but not much.

Anyway, Lileks has a lot of commentary in today's column about the bias at the BBC. Here's the pertinent part about the Oscars.

Fourth: Oscars story. And here is the most beautiful moment of this grim day. The announcer flubs a word, and in doing so she birthed a term of surpassing perfection. She was talking about the Holeywud ectors, their deseyah not to seem out of sync with the mood of the times. Two words must have appeared in her brain simultaneously: frivolity and privileged.



And so she said of the actors who declined to appear:

“They fear the ceremony will appear friviledge.”

Was there ever there was a better description of the lives of the Oscar celebrants, and our betters in the entertainment word? Friviledge.

Bless the Beeb for that, however inadvertent it might have been. I’ll use the word. And just to annoy, I’ll sound passionate and ever so genuine when I use it.