“F*CK EM” (SPIKE LEE) --- Selma received only two Academy Award nominations, for best picture and best song. The best film ever made about the civil rights movement, Selma was shut out of nominations for best director and actor that seemed inevitable just weeks ago.This is not the first time the Oscars have snubbed a black filmmaker whose artistic achievements seem to be overwhelmed by a storm of political controversy.Three years later,Malcolm X, was again shut out from the best picture and best director. although Denzel Washington did receive (but did not win) a best actor nomination. IN 2012 The Help, featuring actress Emma Stone as the Jackson, Miss., black community’s white savior, not only was nominated for four Oscars but also became a box office sensation, grossing $216 million worldwide.Even 12 Years a Slave provided white characters that allowed contemporary mainstream audiences to relate, even if simply through an act of personal revulsion that allowed 21st-century liberals a measure of moral superiority. Selma offers no such embellishments.“a lot of times, people are going to vote for what they’re comfortable with, and anything that’s threatening to them they won’t.”
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 16:27:45 +0000
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