So under the guise of populism and social justice, powerful corporations and firms are actually looking out for their own interests? Sounds about right.

I’d argue that I see no difference between a regular Oscar campaign for any and all Oscars that have been given out since the beginning, and whatever campaign Riseborough’s fellow actors did. I assumed all nominees benefit from word of mouth, and since the Academy is only filled with people from the film industry,…

This is unfortunate and taints Riseborough in the general public, when she had nothing to do with two Black women not getting nominated. The campaign by other actors to get her the nom wasn’t an instance of corruption but people genuinely wanting others to see the film and her reportedly excellent performance (I…

Not what they were doing. Did you read the article? Two of the cast were familiar with the city. And they visited the day before the Oscar announcements, when the votes were already in of who would get nominated. Come on.

Ok, someone explain the blowback to her nomination as if I were a five year old. Because from what I’ve read, it’s fucking stupid. Does not every movie and actor campaign for the award? What’s the charge against her here? That there was a conspiracy among white voters to shut out two Black actors at the last minute by…

Exactly. No different from any voter getting a screening and watching the film. I don’t know what people who cry foul are talking about here. Do they mean nobody watched the film and just voted based on their celebrity friends’ lobbying? I’m sure that happens, but is it enough for thousands of Academy voters, people…

I don’t care if the campaign wasn’t grassroots. I’ve never heard the term as applied to an Oscar campaign before today. I assumed all nominee campaigns for all the awards throughout their history had powerful people backing them, or spreading word of mouth. What would be a grassroots campaign for an Oscar anyway? If…

Haven’t seen it and haven’t read up on its awards campaign, but I wonder how other films and actors are nominated if not in exactly the same way. Word of mouth among the actors and film industry people. According to Jezebel’s write-up of the surprises and snubs, celebrities hosted watch parties of the movie. Again,…

Hmm, not sure I agree with the word choice in the first line of the “No Black Women nominated for Best Actress” snub. Wait—don’t run away! While the Academy has a long, very deplorable history of not nominating people of color throughout its history, the sentence above reads like it’s expected a Black actor will get…

*raises eyebrows* You know, for a guy with “Chill” multiple times in his username, you’re taking an innocuous comment a bit overdramatically. Well, glad I gave you the opportunity to vent about nothing to do with me or the show.

I think this has been the most times I’ve heard Anna Torv say “fuck” in a series. I liked it!

Bravo to Christine Hakim for making, in a brief role, Dr. Ratna a compelling, dignified character with an inner life. The way she even protested her being picked up by the cops told us something about her.

Meh, he’s rolling in that sweet, sweet (and spicy) McDonald’s money, so he doesn’t care. May you always sell me a chicken sandwich, Good Sir.

Good. She’s a terrific actress and didn’t deserve to have a career end with the scandal. She committed a crime, but if there’s a range, which there is, her actions weren’t too egregious. Every parent, even the wealthy ones, wants their children to do well and will do anything for them to succeed if given the…

I feel bad for Waltz, whose American projects always type cast him as villain. I for one would love to see him in a comedy playing a regular guy.

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves may be to Costner’s filmography what Hook is to Spielberg’s. If you saw both as a kid, you loved them, so it’s hard to be critically distant. I still say it’s a great movie.

A Black comedian playing a cop straight reminds me of Roy Wood Jr’s terrific work in the very entertaining Confess, Fletch, which is light and breezy, not dour and serial-killery.

Maybe a quibble, but you could have had the shows’ titles and episode names as the first words in the subheads, so as to avoid even slight spoilers.

Agreed, but wham-bam theatrical experiences can also convey truths about the human condition, as Spielberg’s entire filmography shows. Also I thought of Some Like It Hot for some reason. The truth about the human condition there being “nobody’s perfect” I guess.

This show is confirming that I have a bright, optimistic cast of mind, or at least not one attuned to Mike White’s dark, cynical storytelling (I haven’t seen much of his work). While watching, I never thought that Harper and Ethan had saved their marriage by emulating Cameron and Daphne’s cheating on each other. Since…