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CBGLuthier

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1. Louis Gossett, Jr. Cuba Gooding, Jr. Morgan Freeman. Hattie McDaniel. Whoopie Goldberg.

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Tue Jan 19, 2016, 07:58 AM

Jan 2016

Forrest Whitaker. Jennifer Hudson. Mo'nique. Octavia Spencer. Lupita Nyong'o.

A bunch of african/american songwriters have won best song. Steve McQueen (not the actor) has won as producer.

Yul Brynner and Ben Kinsgley are considered to be of Asian descent. Mioshi Umeki won for Sayanara back in the 50s.

In the technical fields, Ang Lee has won twice as has James Wong Howe. Peter Pau won once
. Richard Chew, Tommy Yip, quite a few costume designers.

So not quite the absolute paucity of wins except perhaps in performance roles. I still say it comes down to not enough roles worth nominating. Just because Will Smith does a movie does not mean he should be nominated. I do think Chi-Raq should have gotten a few nominations.

Complaining about something that is the result of a lot of people voting seems kind of odd to me. Until the membership changes these are the results you will have.

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My take on the Oscar's contraversy from a screenwriter and a Film Executive [View all] Feeling the Bern Jan 2016 OP

Louis Gossett, Jr. Cuba Gooding, Jr. Morgan Freeman. Hattie McDaniel. Whoopie Goldberg. CBGLuthier Jan 2016 #1

I cannot watch this without tears. merrily Jan 2016 #2

The oscars are irrelevant. They speak to no one but the egos in their inner circle. katsy Jan 2016 #3

How exactly does that help? Telling the OP that what they Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2016 #4

In a way, the poster is right. The Oscars are a massive ego boost for insiders that already Feeling the Bern Jan 2016 #5

Marlon Brando's stand in speaker..... wolfie001 Jan 2016 #11

We lost a good one when he died. Marlon was awesome. Feeling the Bern Jan 2016 #12

Kudos! wolfie001 Jan 2016 #13

Helpful reply to an opinion katsy Jan 2016 #37

The oscars has always been and will wilt the stilt Jan 2016 #6

I once got alerted Uponthegears Jan 2016 #7

no I'm completely serious. wilt the stilt Jan 2016 #23

I know what you mean Uponthegears Jan 2016 #31

I don't think Bonnie and Clyde is that much better than In the Heat of the Night. CBGLuthier Jan 2016 #14

actually I took a class in film school wilt the stilt Jan 2016 #22

I have seen 5,000 movies, almost all the good ones ever made. CBGLuthier Jan 2016 #35

I teach film history Ghost of Tom Joad Jan 2016 #27

Excellent observations Uponthegears Jan 2016 #8

You don't know you nomination history and you have other bits of fact wrong as well. Bluenorthwest Jan 2016 #9

I know Master Harold. I read it in college. There is a film version with Danny Glover I believe. Feeling the Bern Jan 2016 #10

My point is that it is not 'African American' but just African. That does matter. It's not about an Bluenorthwest Jan 2016 #15

Glover was in the original play and a revival but I don't think his version was ever filmed CBGLuthier Jan 2016 #18

The same holds true for films with solid roles for women. mnhtnbb Jan 2016 #17

Absolutely and just as with other groups the root problem lies with white male decision Bluenorthwest Jan 2016 #24

Precisely. mnhtnbb Jan 2016 #25

Variety published an article on this topic Ghost of Tom Joad Jan 2016 #36

four minorities that have one Oscars: AlbertCat Jan 2016 #16

There are a lot more than four anyway. CBGLuthier Jan 2016 #19

Oscars Action_Patrol Jan 2016 #20

I had the Critic's Choice awards on this weekend. LWolf Jan 2016 #21

Idris Elba won for Luther, also Rami Malek for Mr Robot, he's American born to Egyptian parents and Bluenorthwest Jan 2016 #26

Good to hear that some did. LWolf Jan 2016 #30

it's a very powerful self-selecting filtering mechanism, a bubble MisterP Jan 2016 #33

Let's not forget Sidney Poitier. kaiden Jan 2016 #28

Agreed Mr Dixon Jan 2016 #29

Put simple malaise Jan 2016 #32

The Academy Awards were created to try and stop Unions in Hollywood. They didn't. GreatGazoo Jan 2016 #34