Posted on 03/06/2014 5:43:46 PM PST by Beave Meister
Was it ultimately a race about race?
The best picture Oscar is meant to honor the year's greatest achievement in film, and "12 Years a Slave" had no shortage of supporters before winning the top honor Sunday. But for all the film's artistry, the undercurrent of many "12 Years a Slave" conversations hinged on race and how Hollywood has for decades given short shrift to one of the most inglorious chapters in the nation's history.
All the same, two Oscar voters privately admitted that they didn't see "12 Years a Slave," thinking it would be upsetting. But they said they voted for it anyway because, given the film's social relevance, they felt obligated to do so.
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They'll need young Sylvester Stallone-type to play the white supremacist Zimmerman, armed to the teeth and itching to murder a black choir boy.
If you didn’t vote for it, you were a racist.
“Best Film that Capitalizes on White Guilt Film”
Remember “42” with Harrison Ford? It was from start to finish how whitey is the raceest’ one.
You don't say.
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