Fear ...

... that appears to be the other theme for tonight's Oscars. The president of the academy made a speech comparing the grandeur of the big screen to the suffocating smallness of DVDs.

I must protest the climate of fear and hysteria being promoted by these rabid DVD-baiting fanatics. Not since the days of McCarthy have I seen such paranoia about another way of life, an alien system of movie-watching. The courageous George Clooney ought to make a movie about it.