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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-6439...
Misogyny claims again!
Surprised as there looks to be plenty of female nominations in different categories?
Misogyny claims again!
Surprised as there looks to be plenty of female nominations in different categories?
Calling out racism and misogyny, that’s a couple of pretty serious accusations.
She should be made to provide a written report with all her supporting evidence, and held to account if unable to do so.
On the face of it this just sounds like a hissy fit at not being nominated, but happy to be corrected if any evidence is forthcoming.
She should be made to provide a written report with all her supporting evidence, and held to account if unable to do so.
On the face of it this just sounds like a hissy fit at not being nominated, but happy to be corrected if any evidence is forthcoming.
JagLover said:
I haven't seen her movie, and it could be amazing, but it does sound typical "Oscar bait" and those have a mixed record of doing well.
Haven’t seen it either, but I’ll take a wild punt that I’d have more fun hammering a pineapple up my arse.Definitely Oscar bait as you say; everything about it screams please give us an Oscar. Most likely funded, produced, casted, acted and directed with at least one eyeball on the big prize. So to not even been nominated this gobsh!te has taken it as a massive kick in the clopper and she’s come out fighting.
Thing is though, where’s the grace, the humility, the dignity, the self respect? How about being gutted not to have been nominated but well done and good luck to those that were.
As it is it comes across as exceptionally bitter and a slap in the face for the actresses that were nominated. Perhaps without realising it she’s effectively saying that at least one of them is only there because she’s white. At best, spiteful and badly thought through; at worst, downright racist. Depending how you want to see it.
That’s the problem with shining a spotlight on others, sometimes it does an inconvenient 180 and shines itself on you, sometimes with unfortunate results.
PS fair play to the OP for putting this thread in the tv & film section and avoiding the temptation for a non-clickbaity title. Just imagine the kerfuffle if this was in NP&E with the title ‘2023 Oscars engulfed in misogyny & racism storm!’
I was surprised, I thought the lead actress in Till was excellent,
yeah it was a showy Oscar piece, like Pacino in Scent of a Woman,
Hoffman in Rainman, but is she as good as Gleeson and Farrell in
The Banshees of Inisherin ? Yeah probably.
The film somewhat dull, however the Till case was important in empowering the
NAACP, so a worthy piece.
yeah it was a showy Oscar piece, like Pacino in Scent of a Woman,
Hoffman in Rainman, but is she as good as Gleeson and Farrell in
The Banshees of Inisherin ? Yeah probably.
The film somewhat dull, however the Till case was important in empowering the
NAACP, so a worthy piece.
QJumper said:
Misogyny's always existed at the Oscars. Never more clear than when Robin Williams didn't get one for Mrs Doubtfire.
This is the benchmarkhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tootsie
I'm glad that they had the courage to ignore The Woman King, which was a terrible, cynical revisionist history piece clearly intended to ride the wave of positive discrimination.
Banshees of Inisherin deserves its place - appears to be a black comedy but is really about depression and mental illness in a time when people didn't talk about it in the terms they do now.
As for Everything, Everywhere, All At Once - there is an entire section of it that takes the piss out of vacuous awards ceremonies, so either it went right over The Academy's head or they've given a knowing nod to a film-maker exposing their absurdity.
Banshees of Inisherin deserves its place - appears to be a black comedy but is really about depression and mental illness in a time when people didn't talk about it in the terms they do now.
As for Everything, Everywhere, All At Once - there is an entire section of it that takes the piss out of vacuous awards ceremonies, so either it went right over The Academy's head or they've given a knowing nod to a film-maker exposing their absurdity.
Thought the Banshees was alright but not top tier or something I'd see as deserving of an Oscar.
My elderly mother is a bit of a film buff and uses her Odeon pass on a weekly basis. She's seen pretty much everything but isn't really up to speed on a lot of the independent movies nominated.
She ask me if the guy on the TV was the lad with Down syndrome from the indy film An Irish Goodbye which she wants to see.
"No mother, that's Lewis Capaldi the Scottish singer"
My elderly mother is a bit of a film buff and uses her Odeon pass on a weekly basis. She's seen pretty much everything but isn't really up to speed on a lot of the independent movies nominated.
She ask me if the guy on the TV was the lad with Down syndrome from the indy film An Irish Goodbye which she wants to see.
"No mother, that's Lewis Capaldi the Scottish singer"
t now so its going to be difficult.Winners list - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-6493...
I haven't seen every film but I'm happy with the results. The show must have kept to the script this time as I haven't seen any unplanned shenanigans in the news. They had security there to stop any potential slappy issues.
I haven't seen every film but I'm happy with the results. The show must have kept to the script this time as I haven't seen any unplanned shenanigans in the news. They had security there to stop any potential slappy issues.
Edited by ajprice on Monday 13th March 08:45
stuartmmcfc said:
Coincidentally I watched both films over the weekend.
I thought both were good, I thought Everything everywhere was slightly better and more original.
However both had flaws and neither were great imo
No neither was a classic IMO. The things I most liked about AQOTWF, Cinematography and production design, it also won the Oscar for, so this isn't a "they were robbed" rant, more that I liked one of the nominations more than the winner. I thought both were good, I thought Everything everywhere was slightly better and more original.
However both had flaws and neither were great imo
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