tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post1426214648274070979..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: BUT WHY SHOULDN'T 63-YEAR-OLD WHITE MALE OSCAR VOTERS VOTE FOR BLACK NOMINEES?Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-48598010495846083312015-01-16T08:46:08.497-05:002015-01-16T08:46:08.497-05:00Look on the plus side:
They old white dudes didn&...Look on the plus side:<br /><br />They old white dudes didn't eliminate the "Best Leading/Supporting Actress" categories.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-55788509588515914622015-01-16T08:40:54.878-05:002015-01-16T08:40:54.878-05:00The problem with this analysis about the 63-year-o...The problem with this analysis about the 63-year-old white man is that it ain't like last year's Oscars were determined by something other than 63-year-old white men, or the year before that, or the year before that. The issue, such as it is, is that _this year_ something went awry _that didn't happen in recent years_. The demographics of the Oscar vote didn't shift in a year. So that's a bad explanation.<br /><br />I expect what happened is that the brouhaha about the depiction of LBJ deprived the movie of award support -- from 63-year-old white men who remember the civil rights movement, think they were on the right side, and don't want to be called out by proxy for intolerance. IOW, it's not an "Academy voters suddenly became more racist" phenomenon. It's an "Academy voters didn't like the politics of _Selma_" phenomenon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-72496774391768228092015-01-16T07:00:43.618-05:002015-01-16T07:00:43.618-05:00Your ass-hurt is duly noted, Eric.Your ass-hurt is duly noted, Eric.Dark Avengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02220642215040873632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-89759589021126195762015-01-15T22:04:57.278-05:002015-01-15T22:04:57.278-05:00Except for the New York Times, there's no sect...Except for the New York Times, there's no section of American society that bows and scrapes at the altar of political correctness like Hollywood. And yet this bastion of liberalism disappointed you.<br /><br />Quick! Let's blame whitey!Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-63996807443184430142015-01-15T19:18:45.812-05:002015-01-15T19:18:45.812-05:00"Forget it, Jake, it's the Academy."..."Forget it, Jake, it's the Academy." <br /><br />And don't EVEN get me started on "The Lego Movie" being shut out of Best Animated Film!<br /><br />Look, the further we collectively get from elitist white-centric circle jerking, the better. And that's all I have to say about that.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10944458838509326421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-85664116687316627382015-01-15T19:05:51.298-05:002015-01-15T19:05:51.298-05:00But how do you live through the civil rights era a...<i>But how do you live through the civil rights era as a young person and not feel some connection to those events? You were 17 when Martin Luther King died -- how does that have no impact on you?</i><br />Good question. We could ask <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/21/us/politics/21barbour.html" rel="nofollow">Haley Barbour</a>.M. Bouffanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04519088858760760560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-76291994044243181782015-01-15T18:33:55.322-05:002015-01-15T18:33:55.322-05:00I'll be honest I didn't like the movie eit...I'll be honest I didn't like the movie either. I thought it was a shitty movie because the acting was shitty.<br /><br />Most of the time people spoke it felt like they were giving a monologue of a speech.<br /><br />Now, that works when you are on a podium giving a speech to change the world at a political rally. That works when you are banging on the floor of congress. Hell it works when you are preaching or delivering a live play. But for movies, it sucks. It's shitty acting, and stinks of the worst sort of narcissism and acting directly for an award instead of to make a good movie. And that brought down the entire movie and made the entire thing a pile hot dog shit.<br /><br />Last years big winner was minority centric, but it didn't suck. 12 years a slave was amazing. And that's entirely because the actors weren't fucking it up. It wasn't non stop speechifying in scenes were it wasn't appropriate.<br /><br />12 years a slave was entertaining from start to finish. Selma was non stop ego masturbation and narcissistic speechifying on screen for awards. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com