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Snoopy on 23 January 2016

Cool, lets force affirmative actions at the oscars as well.



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NightDragon83 on 23 January 2016

I think the academy should just nominate everyone who was in a starring or supporting role this year and just give out golden participation trophies to everyone.



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Aielyn on 23 January 2016

While I do agree that the lack of diversity is indicative of a problem, I also think that these decisions to "boycott" the Oscars is misguided in the extreme.

Did Rosa Parks boycott buses in 1955? Think about what would have happened if she did. What would happen if "African Americans" had just refused to use buses at all - it would just become another place that whites wouldn't be exposed to anyone who looks different from them.

What should be happening is a dialogue with all of the Oscar candidates, to get them to mention the diversity issue in their acceptance speeches, should they win. They need to make sure that the full diversity is on display in the audience, and refuse to allow the event to be a white-only event. Visibility is essential, and boycotting won't bring visibility, it'll limit it.



Ganoncrotch on 23 January 2016
kitler53 said:
kitler53 said:
LipeJJ said:
So, he's implying that they should nominate people not by their merit, but based on ethnic/cultural diversity?

Or the did I read it wrong?

i'd have to review the movies out this year but that's kind of the question i want to know too. 

the nominated people is filtered down to which movies/performers where great this year.  now let's be honest,.. without much review i can already tell you most of the hollywood movies feature white people.  so if there were no great performances from non-white people this year it seems like you shouldn't be protesting the awards ceremony but rather the movie casting.

but then casting often times comes down to celebrities that pack the theaters with people.  a pure ecomonics based decision which implies it is movie goers that are truely to blame. 

i dunno.  there is a "problem" but i'm just not sure blame is being put in the right spot.

 

okay.  to answer my own question here are the top 10 rated movies according to rotten tomatoes:

.   97% Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
2.   98% Inside Out (2015)
3.   99% Selma (2015)
4. 93% Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
5. 98% Brooklyn (2015)
6. 97% It Follows (2015)
7. 97% Spotlight (2015)
8. 99% Shaun the Sheep (2015)
9. 93% The Martian (2015)
10. 98% Paddington (2015)

 

so basically the possibility of non-white actors is:

1. selma

2. the black guy from star wars

Hey! Paddington aint no Cracker!

On topic tho... this whole shit regarding the Oscars keeping the black man down, if anything, has just drawn negative light on what some people think is equality. I just hope they're fine next year with a White guy getting the 100m Gold Medal at the olympics even tho he doesn't run it, nor have the ability to run in it. Gotta keep things "Equal"





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Puppyroach on 23 January 2016

Considering the films that haven't been nominated, it is pretty obvious that the academy has a bias against african-American actors. So should a person boycott because they have a bias?



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LurkerJ on 23 January 2016

Problem: we shouldn't nominate white people just because of their skin color.

Solution: we should have black nominees just because of their skin color.

.........

That's how silly people protesting sound to me.



DonFerrari on 23 January 2016

Why is that some of the most talented celebrities always like to talk BS about things they know very little?



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SamuelRSmith on 23 January 2016

Oscars are just the pinnacle of douchery, anyway.

It's like "employee of the month", but for some reason, people give a shit.



DonFerrari on 23 January 2016
Soundwave said:
RadiantDanceMachine said:
When people can't make it on merit they claim racism or sexism. Welcome to 'murica.

Pretty sure this dude is one of the most successful Americans (multi-multi-multi millionaire, huge success in music, TV, and movies, one of the most famous people on the planet) period. 

Yes, the racists must hate Will Smith so much to give him that much money.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

Qwark on 23 January 2016

Give the Black guy from fantastic 4 an oscar to make an statement. Most actors are white, most great actors are white (yes Morgan Freeman and Samuel L Jackson are also great as is Jackie Chan). But I can't name a black actor with that much skill these days ehich still makes movies except for Samuel. Especially not Will whiney Smith and the son he carries along with him.



Please excuse my (probally) poor grammar