'Male-dominated' Oscar 2015?
January 15, 2015 20:26
NPR's Linda Holmes has an interesting take this year's Oscar nominations.
Every year, there is a capricious quality to the nominations that makes it difficult to draw any particular meaning from them, but there are likely to be a few discussion points floating around today in the wake of these announcements, she says.
Even for the Oscars -- even for the Oscars -- this is a really, really lot of white people.
Every nominated actor in lead and supporting categories -- 20 actors in all is white. Every nominated director is male. Every nominated screenwriter is male.
Every year, there is a capricious quality to the nominations that makes it difficult to draw any particular meaning from them, but there are likely to be a few discussion points floating around today in the wake of these announcements, she says.
Even for the Oscars -- even for the Oscars -- this is a really, really lot of white people.
Every nominated actor in lead and supporting categories -- 20 actors in all is white. Every nominated director is male. Every nominated screenwriter is male.
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