For as long as I can remember, I have been obsessed with the Kennedy Center Honors, a strange, D.C.-based entertainment-awards show where four celebrities you've heard of (and one you should have) wear medals, sit in a special box at the Kennedy Center with the president, and receive some form of artistic tribute. Unlike other awards shows, which honor celebrities of the present, these celebrate a lifetime of achievements. When they're good, they're very, very good (think of Adam Lambert's transcendent 'Believe' cover for Cher, or Aretha Franklin playing for Carole King). When they're strange, they're very, very strange (the Francis Ford Coppola tribute in which everyone sat at a dinner table springs to mind). Are the Kennedy Center Honors important' At this time' Even a little bit' Absolutely not. Have I been longing my whole life to attend one' Absolutely. You can have the Grammys! You can have the Oscars! These are my everything. There is at least one other person who feels...
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