smano wrote:Congratulations to Lupita...after scooping almost all curtain raiser awards, the Oscar was almost assured. Now her commanding fee per movie has just shot up, big achievement for putting Kenya in the map in such a big stage. Now I'll be all the more excited to catch Non - Stop, I like Liam Neeson.
In other news, I have to watch Dallas Buyers Club coz I thought Leonardo Di Caprio was brilliant in Wolf of Wall Street and it did not win any of the major awards. I think the R rating put it out of contention. Frankly speaking I did not expect 12 Years a Slave to win Best Picture but sometimes Oscars are awarded to make political statements.
Well in Lupita, the ceiling just became the floor...now we await Best Actor in the near future...
The Oscars have been dominated by rich old white men who were very conservative and film was starting to feel the heat of television. In July last year the academy of motion picture arts and sciences elected its first black president and it was a woman which ticks all the politically correct boxes.
If you take a look at the winners in various categories you will note a running theme of political correctness:
Best Picture - 12 years a slave - slavery is a topic that white America does not like to talk about let alone acknowledge yet it has and continues to affect many.
Best Picture Director - Steve McQueen - first black director to win any Oscar
Best Actor - Matthew McConaughey - HIV
Best Supporting Actor - Jared Leto - Transgender
Best Supporting Actress - Lupita Nyongo - 1st African
Best Directing - Alfonso Cuarón - Mexican
I watched 12 years a slave and an hour into the movie Lupita has not made an appearance. The movie is carried by the performance of Chiwetel Ejiofor & Michael Fassbender. Julia Roberts in August: Osage County plays a bigger role than Lupita.
It is curious to note that both Steve McQueen and Lupita Nyongo cannot be described as your typical African Americans given that they are not direct descendants of American slaves. So just like Obama white American has awarded them as a way of cleansing their souls.