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There have been a good number of best supporting actress wins and nominations, more so than best actress, even if the best actress is in the same movie like Precious and The Help. I just wish we could see more from African-American actresses. I'd go out of my way to see a film with a strong African-American actress as the lead.
Of course, and Sidney Poitier won Best Actor in 1963.
What I'm saying is that the extremely low amount of non-whites winning that coveted award is questionable. Is it really that absurd to suggest that an overwhelmingly white Academy would be predisposed to choose nominees that look like them? And that the only time a nominee of color was able to win is because all of the other performances in that category were remarkably poor?
From 1930 to 1999, 10 black men were nominated for BA and only 1 of them would win.
From 2000 to 2013, 10 black men were nominated for BA and 3 of them have won.
That doesn't strike anyone as odd? Black actors did not suddenly improve overnight in a manner that would warrant the frequency of their nominations and wins to increase so dramatically. In my view, either the Academy is getting less racist or they're simply handing out these awards to these black nominees out of guilt.
Here's something else to consider: The Academy is 93% white and 76% male, with an average of 63.
Many say that people are too quick to play the race card. Well I say that some people are too quick to dismiss racism (or any form of prejudice) as a possibility.
Maybe I missed it and it was already stated, but it seems those who have their panties in a bunch over this 'all white' thing has not a clue about how the Academy goes about choosing nominations.
Almost anyone who is in the film industry can become a member of the Academy. Directors, actors, editors, and so on.
The Oscars are basically a 'peer review'.
How could that possibly be racist or 'selective' or 'exclusive' in any way?
Until either of you can effectively establish that Halle Berry was truly the very first black actress that deserved to win after 74 years, the "race card" is applicable, whether you like it or not.
It's not "applicable" just because you say it is, and passage of time isn't the criterion by which Academy Awards are bestowed.
Maybe I missed it and it was already stated, but it seems those who have their panties in a bunch over this 'all white' thing has not a clue about how the Academy goes about choosing nominations.
Almost anyone who is in the film industry can become a member of the Academy. Directors, actors, editors, and so on.
The Oscars are basically a 'peer review'.
How could that possibly be racist or 'selective' or 'exclusive' in any way?
Part of it is the support service where people are requested to send out mailers to encourage nominations. People have said that this practice might have hurt Selma with David Oyelowo and Ava DuVernay getting snubbed in best actor and best director respectfully.
Part of it is a point I've made several times is the amount of best picture nominations being up to 10 while every other is up to five. I've also mentioned that this year had a loaded best actor in a leading role class that you had a pool of at least seven actors, if not more that could have easily been nominations.
Maybe I missed it and it was already stated, but it seems those who have their panties in a bunch over this 'all white' thing has not a clue about how the Academy goes about choosing nominations.
Almost anyone who is in the film industry can become a member of the Academy. Directors, actors, editors, and so on.
The Oscars are basically a 'peer review'.
How could that possibly be racist or 'selective' or 'exclusive' in any way?
Because the people making the selection could be racist. Duh.
Maybe you missed the part of my post where I pointed out that the Academy board is overwhelmingly composed of older white men.
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I just wish we could see more from African-American actresses. I'd go out of my way to see a film with a strong African-American actress as the lead.
