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  • Hollywood Questions the Meaning of Its Historic Oscar Night

    03/27/2002 6:23:08 AM PST · by Tumbleweed_Connection · 21 replies · 422+ views
    NY Times ^ | 3/25/02 | RICK LYMAN
    Hollywood, still warming itself in the glow of Sunday night's Oscar ceremonies when blacks won both of the top acting awards for the first time, was wondering this morning whether this amounted to a milestone in movie history or a mere coincidence. "It's easy for Hollywood to pat itself on the back and to say, oh, that should satisfy them, that should keep them quiet for a while," the director Spike Lee said. "But the same jubilation that people feel now, people were also probably feeling nearly 40 years ago in the aftermath of Sidney Poitier winning the first lead...