Oscar pool aficionadi, gird your loins and prepare your pockets, the British Academy of Film and Television Awards (BAFTAs) have had their state, and London’s bookmakers have been in work honing their Oscars odds. This year, again, it’s looking to be yet another in an endless series of irritatingly toff-ish redcoat invasions of every category there’s on February 24. After attempting their mind-snatch about the Academy in the end of the month will the Brits finally take over Hollywood? It appears possible.
Since the few remaining subscribers of history at the United States will remember, in the late 18th century, it seemed as if we had lost the Revolutionary War. There’s very little comfort to be found in that comparison because there are very few characters of the stuff of Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, or even Paul Revere on Capitol Hill, at Foggy Bottom or at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. However, redcoat not or invasion, we are not here to contemplate the question that is whither-America. We’re here to wager the Oscars.
And: just as in 2018, we’re here to utilize the Brits to boost our own Oscar pool success. Specifically, London and Dublin’s adorable bookmakers will help our Oscar wagering is weapon-ized by us. It is a positive piece of cultural robbery, especially this season, while it is still just barely possible to fend off the inevitability of having to request a”pint of bitter, please” in your local hipster bar instead of having the ability to say,”gimme a PBR and a shot of Jack.”
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