http://deadline.com/2015/02/oscars-a...sy-1201377645/
Ok I generally try to stay away from anything race related but Al Sharpton is disgusting. He tries to rip people apart for his own gain. Listen it's no secret that Hollywood could uses some diversity. It's slowly getting better. But Sharpton is hot about the Selma snubs. For one I think he is hot about the wrong snub (I haven't seen Selma and I'm sure it was fantastic and David Oyellowo killed it I am sure). Chadwick Boseman should have been nominated as James Brown that's just a fact. Sharpton must have a short memory.
Let's review last year's awards.
Best picture winner: 12 Years A Slave (basically an all black film with a black director)
Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron (a Mexican)...Steve McQueen was nominated and had a good chance to win.
Best Supporting Actress winner: Lupita Nyong'o (Mexican and African)
Best Adapted Screenplay winner: John Ridley (African American)
Best Supporting Actor: Barkhad Abdi (was nominated and might have won if not for Jared Leto's turn)
Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor (nominated and frontrunner most of the year could have easily won)
Best Original Screenplay and Best Actresses: were the only major categories there was not a minority nominated or minority winner.
Again he is hot because of Selma but I read a story that Selma was really really late in screening for the Academy. That could have attributed to the snubs as well. Other then then that the only other film of color in the Oscar races was Get On Up and it never really was (I think if they scheduled it for later in the year Chadwick would have got nominated they just released it too early...again I think he should have been either way).
So to me the problem isn't the Academy it's the lack of quality black material out there and of course Hollywood executives leaning towards safe white leads if there is a role that could be raceless. Also if I were the artists I would want my work to win on it's own merit not because some jacka** is lobbying for me because of my race. Now if they get nominated in the future it could feel tainted because the academy doesn't want that publicity again.
I just don't like Sharpton I guess. Once you stick your nose in every single race problem justified or not you lose credibility. Seems to be in it for himself too. Go away.
Ok I generally try to stay away from anything race related but Al Sharpton is disgusting. He tries to rip people apart for his own gain. Listen it's no secret that Hollywood could uses some diversity. It's slowly getting better. But Sharpton is hot about the Selma snubs. For one I think he is hot about the wrong snub (I haven't seen Selma and I'm sure it was fantastic and David Oyellowo killed it I am sure). Chadwick Boseman should have been nominated as James Brown that's just a fact. Sharpton must have a short memory.
Let's review last year's awards.
Best picture winner: 12 Years A Slave (basically an all black film with a black director)
Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron (a Mexican)...Steve McQueen was nominated and had a good chance to win.
Best Supporting Actress winner: Lupita Nyong'o (Mexican and African)
Best Adapted Screenplay winner: John Ridley (African American)
Best Supporting Actor: Barkhad Abdi (was nominated and might have won if not for Jared Leto's turn)
Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor (nominated and frontrunner most of the year could have easily won)
Best Original Screenplay and Best Actresses: were the only major categories there was not a minority nominated or minority winner.
Again he is hot because of Selma but I read a story that Selma was really really late in screening for the Academy. That could have attributed to the snubs as well. Other then then that the only other film of color in the Oscar races was Get On Up and it never really was (I think if they scheduled it for later in the year Chadwick would have got nominated they just released it too early...again I think he should have been either way).
So to me the problem isn't the Academy it's the lack of quality black material out there and of course Hollywood executives leaning towards safe white leads if there is a role that could be raceless. Also if I were the artists I would want my work to win on it's own merit not because some jacka** is lobbying for me because of my race. Now if they get nominated in the future it could feel tainted because the academy doesn't want that publicity again.
I just don't like Sharpton I guess. Once you stick your nose in every single race problem justified or not you lose credibility. Seems to be in it for himself too. Go away.
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I came here to do two things, drink some beer and kick some ass, looks like we are almost outta beer - Dazed and Confused
101 Favorite Movies (2019)
I came here to do two things, drink some beer and kick some ass, looks like we are almost outta beer - Dazed and Confused
101 Favorite Movies (2019)