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Well, at least Omar got nominated. It could just as easily have been ignored on that level a well. On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 5:28 AM, Louis Proyect <l...@panix.com> wrote: > ====================================================================== > Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > ====================================================================== > > > From David Walsh, my favorite sectarian, dogmatic film critic: > > Remarkably, McQueen first read the names of 16 individuals and five film > companies off of a sheet of paper, then paid tribute to his family and, > finally, almost as an afterthought, offhandedly dedicated the award "to all > the people who have endured slavery." Nyong'o had the decency to point out > that "so much joy in my life is thanks to so much pain in someone else's," > before passing on to those in the industry she had to thank, along with > "the Yale School of Drama." Ridley, who began with "I started writing in > sitcoms a long time ago," restricted himself to mentioning Solomon > Northup's name. > > Making a film about slavery is largely an astute career move for such > people, not an indication of any commitment to a fight against oppression, > past or present. > > The most important film nominated in any category, Hany Abu-Assad's Omar > (for Best Foreign Language Film), which depicts Israeli oppression of the > Palestinians in sharp and distinct colors, was passed over as well, > probably to no one's surprise or shock. > > full: http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/03/04/acad-m04.html > > ________________________________________________ > Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu > Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/ > marxism/sranz18%40gmail.com > ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
