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A Female Film Executive Defends Seth MacFarlane's Oscars
Performance (Guest Column)  Here is my reductive, simplistic,
(and, I attest, probably to others' dismay) decidedly feminist
take on the dead-horse topic that is Seth MacFarlane's
performance at the Oscars:  Don't shoot the messenger.  I will
try to not even get into the very basic argument that MacFarlane
delivered exactly what I would expect after having seen Ted,
Family Guy and other performances he has given over the years. I
don't know if you guys have heard of Ted, but it's the No.
1-grossing original, R-rated comedy ever. I would imagine some
of you have seen it. I also would argue it's far more crude,
foul-mouthed and bawdy than his performance Sunday night, and
incredibly successful for it. I happen to be a fan of both the
movie and MacFarlane, but his brand of humor is undoubtedly
divisive and, apparently, far more palatable when delivered from
an animated or CGI character. When