[Shaun]

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