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 Kermit8  Hevon 22 Jan 16 11.04pm |
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I don't know what they are complaining about. Al Jolson got nominated loads of times.
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Jamesey  Wandsworth 22 Jan 16 11.33pm |
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Charlotte Rampling who has an unarguably excellent half century cv in cinema sums it up for me. She was nominated for an award after her role in "45 Years" and thoroughly deserved it in my view. If she was black she would have quite possibly have got a best actress nomination too in the same part. It's about quality not colour or race.
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| matt_himself Matataland 23 Jan 16 7.40am |
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Does anyone else find it hilarious when actors complain about the 'injustices' in their lives? Here we have a group of pampered individuals who have everything, live in a bubble and often have complete disdain for the rest of society. If I was a great Hollywood actor I wouldn't be wailing like bitch at every available opportunity, I would try and f*** impressionable muff at every available opportunity, race one of my many vintage cars or become a high roller on the poker circuit.
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 Hrolf The Ganger 23 Jan 16 9.48am |
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Quote matt_himself at 23 Jan 2016 7.40am
Does anyone else find it hilarious when actors complain about the 'injustices' in their lives? Here we have a group of pampered individuals who have everything, live in a bubble and often have complete disdain for the rest of society. If I was a great Hollywood actor I wouldn't be wailing like bitch at every available opportunity, I would try and f*** impressionable muff at every available opportunity, race one of my many vintage cars or become a high roller on the poker circuit. You mean you don't anyway? When I think about actors, I'm thinking Birdman.
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| 7mins In the bush 24 Jan 16 12.15pm |
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Black Actors Matter
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| johnfirewall 24 Jan 16 7.07pm |
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How racially skewed are the Oscars?
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Y Ddraig Goch  In The Crowd 24 Jan 16 8.28pm |
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I thought Ice Cube got it right on Graham Norton
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| Hrolf The Ganger 24 Jan 16 8.34pm |
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Quote johnfirewall at 24 Jan 2016 7.07pm
How racially skewed are the Oscars?
I prefer to use statistics rather than opinions to judge.
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| johnfirewall 25 Jan 16 9.06am |
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Quote Hrolf The Ganger at 24 Jan 2016 8.34pm
Quote johnfirewall at 24 Jan 2016 7.07pm
How racially skewed are the Oscars?
I prefer to use statistics rather than opinions to judge. Quite significant stats as well. As opposed to the ones some moron used highlight there have been 4 white MOBO winners
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 25 Jan 16 10.19am |
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Quote Hrolf The Ganger at 22 Jan 2016 9.23pm
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Quote Lyons550 at 22 Jan 2016 6.37pm
Quote Hrolf The Ganger at 20 Jan 2016 10.30pm
This story really sums it up. About 12% of the American population is Black. So why the f*** do some of them think that they should automatically selected for awards? This is from the same school of thought that says that there should be more Black football managers even though,the amount of black players is hugely disproportionate to the few percent of black people in the population. only just seen this...pretty much spot on.
Most films have a mixed cast to appeal to the widest possible audience. That is business. The leading roles will go to appropriate actors who are often white because the population is overwhelmingly white. If anything I'd say black are over represented in films and on TV relative to their numbers. Somebody has to play the thieves, rapists and drug dealers.... I think a big issue that's at play here, is race in America, which is very different than race say in the UK. I'm curious as to why no black people were nominated, but not necessarily surprised. However, given the history of race in the US, I'm not surprised that a number of groups have jumped on this, possibly without worrying about statistics and selection lists etc. Politics, and Law to an extent, in the US is very much driven by media, and race is a big issue. With a election coming up a lot of political groups will be throwing their issues into the hat, maybe rather than their policy.
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| Stuk Top half 25 Jan 16 2.10pm |
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No gay nominees either so does that make them racist and homophobic? Are you sure? Unless you know something that hasn't been made public?
Closest one is Cate Blanchett but she's married and only said as much while promoting a film where she played a lesbian. ever see her husand? definitely one to make you wonder if he's just there as a stand-in. I haven't, but if she's happy to tell the media she's done a bit of lezzing (even if it's for promotion) I don't think she needs a prop husband. They're changing the voting rights which, as I suggested, would be better than making Chris Rock feel bad about earning a crust.
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| Stuk Top half 25 Jan 16 2.11pm |
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Quote Jamesey at 22 Jan 2016 11.33pm
Charlotte Rampling who has an unarguably excellent half century cv in cinema sums it up for me. She was nominated for an award after her role in "45 Years" and thoroughly deserved it in my view. If she was black she would have quite possibly have got a best actress nomination too in the same part. It's about quality not colour or race. I read the same story in the Guardian last week and I don't blame her for being miffed to say the least.
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