Posted by: Rewire February 23, 2009
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Oscar is one of the most liberal political organization which makes bold statement, social and political each year.This year theme was "brown" aka bollywood, gay marriage aka Proposition 11.
They will try their best NOT to offend anybody, it is less about talent and more about political view these days. Of course not all of them, but the underlying message (the best actor, director, movie) is always political. It was the right time to say hello to India. They have done that to blacks and chinks before, now was the time for Indians. Sadly, it was not an movie made by an Indian which would have been the REAL achievement for Indian Cinema. Had they made a REAL movie even in English by a real Indian artist, things would have been different. If it was in Hindi, then straight in foreign movie section. Unlike Ang Lee who is is a real Chinese who got the award for Broke back Mountain. It was a genuine Chinese director who made a mvoies for Hollywood, not for Chinese. Oscar was happy and gave him the award. Honestly, Slumdog millionaire (KutheyGalli ki Karodpathi) did not get any ward to the Indian, except for the musician Rahman.I hope this will be a wake up call to the Indians that instead of being an arrogant ethnocentric bunch of people, if you do make movies that share a universal theme, the rest of the world will support you. Ethnocentric in the sense, their Bollywood do NOT sway from their usual masala cheesy movies. It is not that they are incapable, simple put, they do not want to, a reflection of how stubborn they are to the rest of the world.
When the prop 11 is such a big issue in California, they had to make their statement...we support gays. Mickey Rourke should have been beaten Sean Penn, period. But then again, it is all about Staple Center in California and the gay issue is unavoidable.
I've lost respect for Oscar when Jamie Fox beat Don Cheateu, Denzel beat Russell (all in the name of being fair over REAL talents), Leo who has not received anything even though all his movies end up nominated every year. It seems they are saying "We'll give Leo some other time since he is young and his time will come later". I think Leo should stop going to Oscar even if there is a nomination, they simply won't give it to him. He was nominated for best actor in 2 movies at the same time (Blood Diamond and The Departed), did not get any.There are better awards where real talent are recognized irrespective of their political and social views than the Oscar.
They will try their best NOT to offend anybody, it is less about talent and more about political view these days. Of course not all of them, but the underlying message (the best actor, director, movie) is always political. It was the right time to say hello to India. They have done that to blacks and chinks before, now was the time for Indians. Sadly, it was not an movie made by an Indian which would have been the REAL achievement for Indian Cinema. Had they made a REAL movie even in English by a real Indian artist, things would have been different. If it was in Hindi, then straight in foreign movie section. Unlike Ang Lee who is is a real Chinese who got the award for Broke back Mountain. It was a genuine Chinese director who made a mvoies for Hollywood, not for Chinese. Oscar was happy and gave him the award. Honestly, Slumdog millionaire (KutheyGalli ki Karodpathi) did not get any ward to the Indian, except for the musician Rahman.I hope this will be a wake up call to the Indians that instead of being an arrogant ethnocentric bunch of people, if you do make movies that share a universal theme, the rest of the world will support you. Ethnocentric in the sense, their Bollywood do NOT sway from their usual masala cheesy movies. It is not that they are incapable, simple put, they do not want to, a reflection of how stubborn they are to the rest of the world.
When the prop 11 is such a big issue in California, they had to make their statement...we support gays. Mickey Rourke should have been beaten Sean Penn, period. But then again, it is all about Staple Center in California and the gay issue is unavoidable.
I've lost respect for Oscar when Jamie Fox beat Don Cheateu, Denzel beat Russell (all in the name of being fair over REAL talents), Leo who has not received anything even though all his movies end up nominated every year. It seems they are saying "We'll give Leo some other time since he is young and his time will come later". I think Leo should stop going to Oscar even if there is a nomination, they simply won't give it to him. He was nominated for best actor in 2 movies at the same time (Blood Diamond and The Departed), did not get any.There are better awards where real talent are recognized irrespective of their political and social views than the Oscar.