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Andrew OHehir: I’m not entirely convinced that anyone actually enjoyed The Imitation Game or The Theory of Everything, this year’s ultimate Oscar-flavored productions. Oh, professional awards-watchers may have enjoyed dissecting their finely calibrated blend of craft and emotional manipulation. . . Selma, on the other hand, is an intimate, thrilling and deeply flawed work; even the controversy suggests that those who saw it felt its power. When you consider both the degree of difficulty and the scale of the final achievement, I cannot construct a hypothetical person who thinks that Morten Tyldum, who made the glorified TV drama that is The Imitation Game, is more deserving of a directing award than DuVernay. It’s difficult to avoid the conclusion that boxy, clean and English is preferable to challenging, messy and black.
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 17:55:56 +0000

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