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Why Ava DuVernay's 'Selma' Oscar Snub Matters
forbes ^ | 1/15/15 | Scott Mendelson, Contributor

Posted on 01/15/2015 6:13:13 AM PST by SoFloFreeper

The Oscar nominations were announced this morning. There will be plenty of analysis regarding good surprises and bad surprises....he most egregious omission is the sadly not-entirely-surprising absence of Selma’s Ava DuVernay from the five contenders nominated for Best Director....

I fear that it will affect the artistic opportunities afforded to its African-American female director in a manner different than if Selma would have come under fire under the directorial lens of a white male filmmaker.

(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chitchat; film; hollyweird; race
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To: Rummyfan
Salma... and she does have great boobs. Whatever happened to her?

Jogged w/o a support bra - the inevitable happened and the rest is history.

21 posted on 01/15/2015 6:43:11 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: SoFloFreeper

I was glad to see the Polish movie “Ida” nominated for Best Foreign Picture. Very good movie, and it’s on Netflix.


23 posted on 01/15/2015 6:46:21 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: SoFloFreeper

Why was Clint Eastwood snubbed for Best Director?

I can assure you THAT was political.


24 posted on 01/15/2015 6:47:19 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: humblegunner

I thought she was Marge's lesbo sister.

25 posted on 01/15/2015 6:48:34 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Doofer

The good movies make lots of money. The garbage movies get Oscars.


26 posted on 01/15/2015 6:52:19 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (When the hell do I get MY white privilege? I'm tired of busting my @$$ for a living.)
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To: Doofer
With all due respect who gives a shit about the Oscars

Yep, I'm with you. It's not as if they're something important, like the Daytime Emmy awards. /S

27 posted on 01/15/2015 6:52:40 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: SoFloFreeper

“Selma” is not a major motion picture. It is a piece of agitation propaganda.


28 posted on 01/15/2015 7:01:26 AM PST by PBRCat
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To: SoFloFreeper
There will be protests Oscar night.

"No Oscars, no Peace"

29 posted on 01/15/2015 7:04:54 AM PST by PROCON (Je suis Charlie Bronson.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

It’s not fair. If a person has black skin, he must be celebrated for everything he does...even more so if it involves slavery, the “black experience”, etc. /S


30 posted on 01/15/2015 7:11:35 AM PST by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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To: NorthMountain

That’s a great dress (and I know you’re thinking, “what dress?”).


31 posted on 01/15/2015 7:12:22 AM PST by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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To: CatherineofAragon

Not to worry ... I see the dress, or whatever it is. Can’t really tell what’s below the waist. It’s perfectly fitted (filled, but not spilling out), and she has the right figure to pull it off.


32 posted on 01/15/2015 7:41:55 AM PST by NorthMountain (No longer TEA Party ... I'm the TAF Party)
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To: NorthMountain

Yep, she does. She’s gorgeous.


33 posted on 01/15/2015 7:43:14 AM PST by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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To: Rummyfan
Whatever happened to her?

She married a filthy rich French guy.

34 posted on 01/15/2015 7:43:50 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: SoFloFreeper

It’s like Selma all over again.


35 posted on 01/15/2015 7:44:39 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: TomGuy

They upped it a couple of years ago.

There is so much money connected to the Best picture nod that “good, but not good enough” movies were getting left in the cold.

The crappy “add ons” are pretty obvious.


36 posted on 01/15/2015 7:52:06 AM PST by Vermont Lt (Ebola: Death is a lagging indicator.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

They’ll have their Black Oscars later with Zero White people


37 posted on 01/15/2015 7:52:50 AM PST by molson209 (Blank)
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To: Rummyfan

She married a billionaire.

Would you work?


38 posted on 01/15/2015 7:53:02 AM PST by Vermont Lt (Ebola: Death is a lagging indicator.)
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To: Tanniker Smith

“Driving Miss Daisy” won Best Picture and didn’t get a Best Director nomination. Rare, but it happens.


39 posted on 01/15/2015 9:19:49 AM PST by Blue Ink
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To: Vermont Lt

The Academy increased the number of Best Picture nominations for one reason: increase viewership for the Oscar telecast, which funds Academy operations for the entire year.

When there are “throwaway” noms with no real chance of winning, hugely popular films like Star Wars or Lord of the Rings can get nods so that lots more young people will watch the telecast. People who actually go to movies.


40 posted on 01/15/2015 9:39:13 AM PST by Blue Ink
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