Oscar Slate

KAM on Jan. 28, 2016

Many, many years ago, the
Oscars used to explain how the nominations were made. Then they
stopped including it at the Oscars because they felt it was boring
and took away from pointless things like dance numbers to illustrate
film editing or something. (No matter how long people complain the
Oscars have become, getting rid of pointless dance numbers has never
been a priority.)

Since then people started
expressing surprise at why a film will be nominated for Best Picture,
but the director doesn't get a Best Director nod, or the idiotic
claims of people being snubbed, and this year a lack of diversity.

Such a shame that what is
supposed to be an award for excellence on one's field has to be
tainted with politic statements.

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KAM at 7:26AM, Feb. 1, 2016

Forgot about the studio execs and bean counters. Was thinking more of the actors and all who actually vote for the Academy Awards.

hkmaly at 5:46AM, Jan. 30, 2016

On the other hand, there are more pressing problems than reverse racism in media - or possible racism in Hollywood. Like, the way police determines which suspects to shoot at and which only handcuff.

hkmaly at 5:05AM, Jan. 30, 2016

I wouldn't be so sure Hollywood is made up of the most liberal people the world has ever seen. For example, their opinion on copyrights is not exactly liberal. But yes: expecting that all minorities would be represented every year is naive. It's the new kind of racism, reverse racism: instead of looking at race and giving white people better treatment, they look at race and give the other people better treatment. How to stop being racist? Stop looking at race.

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