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In the video above, there’s really no way to tell if Whoopi Goldberg has a point or not. This 2,000+ word piece written by Manohla Daris and A.O. Scott is, to put it simply, a mess. Does this even make any sense?
Real change seemed to have come to movies or at least the Academy, which had given statuettes to a total of seven black actors in the previous 73 years. After Mr. Washington and Ms. Berry, there would be Jamie Foxx and Forest Whitaker (both best actors); Morgan Freeman (best supporting actor); Jennifer Hudson and Mo’Nique (best supporting actresses). The consolidation of a black presence in the movies and television did not signal the arrival of a postracial Hollywood any more than the election of Barack Obama in 2008 spelled the end of America’s 400-year-old racial drama. But it was possible, over much of the past decade, to believe that a few of the old demons of suspicion and exclusion might finally be laid to rest.
I’m assuming that’s the section Whoopi feels snubbed by, but the wording is so confusing there’s really no way to tell if she should’ve been included there or not.
Anyway, what Daris and Scott are trying to do here is write one of those self-important “what does it all mean” articles about the lack of a Black Oscar nominee this year, and as much as I relish seeing left-wing Hollywood cook in their own PC juices, the article sucks. Once Obama’s brought into the argument, you know there’s no argument … or point. I’ve tried to read the piece three times now and still have no idea what the 2,000 words are trying to say.
One year without a Black Oscar nominee does not a “what does it all mean” article justify.
Regardless, when I’m King (negotiations are ongoing), Denzel will win every year whether he makes a movie or not. Because he rules.
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