It was an honor just being...a winner?

By TPerl

Now that the movie award season is upon us, I'm sure you've seen all the latest movie commercials, touting nominations for Golden Globes and perhaps even SAG awards.

I saw a recent commercial for "Dreamgirls" which made me shout a big "What the fuck?" at the TV screen. It went something like this: "Dreamgirls. Winner of 5 Golden Globe nominations, including..."

Wait - what was that?

"Winner"? Winner of what? Winner of a fucking NOMINATION? Winner of a chance to win?

The commercials for Borat are also doing it.

This follows another similar trend in movie advertising where a movie trailer or poster will now list "Academy Award nominee" under an actor's name.

What's Next?: "...Starring Tobey Maguire: Winner of the 2003 MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss"

If there was any justice in the world, any movie using these sketchy tactics should be forced to update their ads after the awards are given:

"Now playing - Dreamgirls. Loser of 4 Golden Globes and 3 Academy awards. With Academy Award loser Eddie Murphy. Critics exclaim: '2 stars!' 'Wait until this one comes out on DVD!'."


By the way, congratulate me, everyone. I just got a notice in the mail stating that I've won $5 million dollars! ...if any of the numbers on my entry form match the winning number to be drawn on March 16th.

But at least I won!

And you too may already be a winner!