So how much of the process was skin color and not acting skill?
Appeasers think they can throw a few bones at the aggrieved SJWs and they will be happy. A couple of years we went through this with “Twelve Years a Slave” getting awards out the wazoo and Hollywood thought “there, we’re good for a while” but last year they were called a bunch of racists so they need to make damned sure that black people win in every category this year. But it won’t work, they’ll be called racists again, if not next year than the one after. Because it works.
Clearly, last year couldn’t simply be because no minority gave a performance that even this group of lefties found worthy, could it? This year is going to be filled with Participation Trophies in the list of nominees.
ZERO chance the Mel Gibson is given an award
I don’t think he has yet fully groveled at Hollywood’s feet in abject repentance for his “racist” and Christian past.
Hacksaw Ridge - Great movie! The combat scenes will “get your attention”. (been there, done that, got the ‘Fruit Salad”, etc.)
(Although, no one reloads and the M-1s seldom give the “ping” of the clip being ejected. LOTS of brass ejected, though!)
So what happens when none of them win?
Frankly I have not seen any of these pictures and probably want.
Only picture I may see is “Hacksaw Ridge”, otherwise I want see them.
I classify most of these as what I call “Art House” pictures. They just don’t nominate enough wide release films that do any real box office that most people see.
The Awards have truly become an in house deal. Will not be watching.
So, they could have a "best black" categories for acting and maybe others like director. Of course, some will complain that "it's not the same as a 'real' Oscar", but then, that's the nature of affirmative action. When they hand out black Oscars this year, they will be just as bogus as they would be if they were in a special category.
It's fun to watch Hollywood eat its own.
And the oscar for the most gratuitous use of a skin color goes to..
Oscar? Hollywood?
You must be joking.
I think they have milked this little Charade long enough.
NO THANKS!
#BOM:
Black Oscars Matter.
Yeah, I’m actually rooting for Denzel.
I expect every ‘big’ category to go to the Black on the nomination list. Hollywierd has to atone for no Blacks winning last year. Personally, i only watch to see the clothes. I figured out, decades ago, it was just them awarding themselves Oscars. We, the People, show what we like by the box office proceeds.
Haven’t seen it yet, but I hear the Mel Gibson flick is pretty good. I loved ‘We Were Soldiers’.
This will go very nicely on his mantel next to the 2008 Affirmative Action Nobel Peace Prize. Soon to be joined by, the richly deserved Worst President Ever Medal currently being forged by Donald J. Trump.
Mini - Canon: "Oscar Bait": A History
The "crusty old white men" are addressed at around 8 minutes if you want to skip the when and why the Oscars started becoming irrelevant to the average movie goer that just wants to be entertained.
Maybe it’s because Denzel Washington and Viola Davis really deserved the nominations for their unbelievable performances? Octavia Spencer was very good as well, but not in the Viola Davis range.
Oscars?
So it is that time of year again. This is where the useless non-productive get celebrated by their peers. A full auditorium of self congratulating non-entities cheering on the air heads that give you more sex and violence per hour daily all the while expounding on the dangers of violence and attempting to control the masses with their genius, of witch they will tell you about every day.
I saw only one theatrical release last year. Captain Fantastic. It was horrible.