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Feeling the Bern

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

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Reply #4)

Tue Jan 19, 2016, 07:19 AM

Jan 2016

have egos that are too big to measure.

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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