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Why Hollywood’s Obsession With White Actresses Is The Everlasting Buzzkill
The Oscar nominations were recently announced, and as always there’s the glaring omissions and the shocking additions, which are supposed to leave fans at the edge of their seats in anticipation for the Big Day. But this longstanding tradition of playful suspense, is no longer entertaining or mildly interesting.
The industry trades have unleashed their annual list of snubs, and of course thanks to pressure from the women’s movement, the Best Director category has to be rightfully shamed for being an all-male club this year, although that tends to be norm.
There’s also the unforgivable sin of having Green Book secure both Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay (among others), after the damning controversy surrounding the making of the film and its release. Director Peter Farrelly and co-writer/producer Nick Vallelonga, who is the son of Tony Vallelonga, the character played by Oscar-nominee Viggo Mortensen, basically created a “symphony of lies,” and sold it as truth for the big screen.
Dr. Don Shirley, who has since passed, is the character that Oscar-nominee Mahershala Ali embodied, and the in the midst of the grand reception by award season, the Shirley family have been quite vocal about the outright betrayal by two White men, who were too greedy and…
