Week 27 - Best Supporting Monument

At the Oscars, they always throw the audience a nice bone relatively early in the program. Usually it's the Best Supporting Actor and/or Actress Award. Something to butter up the crowd and flash a few familiar faces before descending into the drudgery of Best Costumes and Phil Collins being earnest and stupid Best Screenplay--like anyone gives a shit about writers.

So this week is bone week, lucky Anna trackers. You get a break from DC obscurity, and a little reminder of your 10th grade social studies field trip: The Jefferson Memorial. Situated on the lonely far shore of the Tidal Basin and often skipped on those scenic Monuments-by-Night tours due to its proximity to the seamy underbelly of the eternally "gentrifying" Southwest Waterfront, the Jeff has always gotten my nod for Best Supporting Monument. It doesn't get much screen time, but it does a damn fine job with the few token lines it's been given.

By rights, this should end this with a contrived joke delivered by a half-drunk A-lister, but since I don't know any half-drunk A-listers, I'll skip that bit and move right on to this week's visuals.





And just in case you wanted a flashback to that 10th grade field trip...