And the Winner Is ...

Monday evening a local theater, the Magnolia, hosted a pre-Oscar event with a panel of three syndicated movie critics, plus drawings for movie-related goodies, and a tasty chocolate Oscar-shaped candy. I did not win a prize, but I do not think that colored my evaluation of the evening. I will comment on Oscar picks after the Sunday evening event. (Check the Oscar nominees here.) For now, I keeping thinking of the comment by all the critics as they shared their opinions of which nominees should win versus which would win. They shared the political, friendship, and monetary influences on the selection of winners. I do wonder how the world would be different if the should-win did win, instead of settling for the influenced picks -- not just for the Oscars but at work, in relationships, and community decisions. I know, sin is in the world, but we could at least hope for and work for incremental changes. Therefore, I want everyone to push for my favorite movie picks, so they will announce: "And the winner is ...."