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This has been a rough Oscars race, though its not the fault of the movies.
Is it any wonder the usual narratives have failed to come together?
And in these uncertain times, hell, who are we to disagree with what the people want?
CODA
No one had anyproblems withCODAuntil it started winning.
(And not in a fun, Daniel Craig way.)
Itsbig winat the Producers Guild of America Awards last weekend was Film Twitters Fort Sumter moment.
(Except itsworth notingthat Deaf critics haveside-eyedthe film, too.)
Nate Jones
Drive My Car
Imagine youre an Academy executive.
Wait, whats that?
It was all for nothing.
The character spawned debates about whether it mattered that the joke was supposed to be on him.
(It didnt.)
I never want to talk aboutLicorice Pizzaagain.
(Romalosing out toGreen Bookat the 91st Academy Awards remains an injustice, by the way.)
A Best Picture win forBelfastwould be, again,fine.
But maybe the top winner should inspire more than a resigned shrug?
Roxana Hadadi
Dune
First things first Dune is reallyDune: Part One.
Oh, and theres that wholeDunetotally erases all acknowledgment of the novels Middle Eastern and Islamic influencesthing.
Thats pretty exhausting, too.
But as our critic Bilge Ebiriwrote in his (otherwise positive!)
With a leading 12 nominations in marquee categories, you could even call it the overdog.
(A factCampionherself may be loath to acknowledge.)
the movie has come to stand for something other than an indictment of toxic masculinity.
Instead, its the latest proof of the Academys chronic humorlessness.
It probably is, but Guillermo del Torohas done it before.
N.J.
