Unfortunately, I missed the Golden Globes this year. I was mostly upset that I missed the hilarious Ricky Gervais hosting the event. I caught up on most of the events through various gossip blogs and one of the weirdest videos I came across was the award for Best Actor in a Dramatic TV Series. The notable nominees were Hugh Laurie of "House," Bill Paxton for "Big Love" and Michael C. Hall for "Dexter." Fans of the show "Dexter" or anyone who follows Perez Hilton knows that it was recently revealed that Michael C. Hall has cancer.

Hall ended up beating out Laurie and Paxton for the award, but what was most notable about his win was the rather long shot of Bill Paxton's reaction to this win. An uproar among "Dexter" fans and viewers of the clip spread as what the clip apparently showed was Bill Paxton as he appeared to say something like "cancer ward," "cancer scarf," or "cancer ward," alluding to some political or sympathetic reason behind Hall's win.

I have not seen "Dexter" but I have heard that Halls' win was not a long shot by any means. What has happened with the capturing of television programs and subsequent upload to the internet is the ability of the average viewer to analyse the smallest detail on repeat, similar to the introduction of the VHS tape which viewers could rewind, pause and watch in slow motion in their own homes. This new freedom lead to many urban legends like the "Suicidal Munchkin" myth of The Wizard of Oz. (A little person on set was spurned by his lover and in some versions by Judy Garland, and his act of hanging himself is visible in the finished film).

Upon viewing the footage of Bill Paxton, the most realistic explanation was contributed by a youtuber who proposed Paxton said "I knew he was going to beat me. I got beat by Dexter." Skip ahead to see for yourself to :40. I'm going to give Paxton the benefit of the doubt and file this with people being overly analytical with their new access to media.

(P.S. Suicidal Munchkin Myth)

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