Middle brow idea that art has to be what is serious and what is good for you. but how does harold ramis go 40 years from animal house and forward and these movies that become a part of our lives and, yet, there is never a moment until after he dies that the academy stops and says, oh, my god, we grew up with this guy that has created comic films that could be with us for a very long time. it typically does that. it s the same with performers. you know? the ones who we have loved and who have made us laugh and who get a career achievement award or get in a memorial clip but don t have an oscar. i think the love of the public and the success of the movies means more in the end. oh, yeah. the oscars are basically to supply correct answers for future trivia questions. there you go. you proved that. tony scott, thank you. nothing cynical about it. not me.