Commentary Roundup: Critiques of Oscars 2013

I keep wanting to write something about this, and I may in the next day or two, but in the meantime, here are very thoughtful analyses of The Man Who Loved the Sound of His Own Voice, Seth MacFarlane, and Hollywood’s love of the cruel.

From Salon, a look at how four of the “We Saw Your Boobs” mentions were actually of rape scenes—
The New Yorker breaks down the intersections of offensiveness throughout the celebration—
A run down on Huffington Post of the worst MacFarlane moments—
Think Progress’s comments on why our conversations about comedy are so devoid of principle—
The juxtaposition of MacFarlane’s sexism and The Onion’s abhorrent comment about a 9-year-old—
The New York Times reports that producers were happy with the ratings bounce from MacFarlane’s performance—
The Atlantic brings up the banality of sexism and racism at the Oscars—

And now because we’re all so pissed after reading all of this, here’s something to remind us that some people in Hollywood, even award winners, are pretty awesome people: