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Selma Movie not on the Oscars list: is it more Block on Black Actors
M. L. K. Movie Selma
British Black Actor on Ch4HD News saying how bad it is. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/...1635690572.jpg British Actor David Oyelowo with the Power Women Oprah Winfrey http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-years-on.html Its worse over here |
I cannot stand the controversy about this.
I mean ignoring the fundamental truth here that the Oscars are meaningless and not remotely reflective of society on a whole - almost every time a 'black' movie has done well at the Oscars it's been because of a film that portrays them as victims, or involves slavery. 12 Years a Slave, the Help, the Blind Side, all recent examples of this kind of mediocre film getting OTT praise for tackling issues rather than the actual performance. So I find it a bit hypocritical that movies like The Imitation Game or The Theory of Everything are getting criticised for so-called mediocrity (by people who've likely never seen Selma, or those two films) now. I mean... I just cannot fathom how tiresome and boring it must be to take a list of award nominees and play "spot the minority", "are we all being represented?" games. Maybe the best 20 nominees were just all white. Sure, I agree that black actors need to be cast in more varied roles than is currently the case, but it's just a lose-lose situation really. If a black movie does well at the Oscars it's either because of an overbearing guilt-story or an overbearing "look at this white lady being nice to a black kid!!!" nonsense like the Blind Side |
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is saying its just a error nothing more |
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are now saying it was not up for any awards because he was a British Black Actor |
David Oyelowo certainly deserved a Best Actor nod, it's a crime that he was snubbed yet complete rubbish like American Sniper got nods when it's nothing but mediocre. I still don't understand why Bradley Cooper was nominated for Best Actor when his performance was nothing special at all.
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