Hollywood’s race problem is nothing unusual – its time for the film business to stop talking about change and start (ahem) actingTiming really is everything in showbiz. Idris Elba had hardly finished giving a select audience in parliament his steer on diversity in the media when up popped a sequel in Hollywood. Cynics might prefer to give the weepy stars and their extended list of thankees at the Oscars a miss. This year they can carry out so with agreeable reason: the boycott by luminaries such as Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett Smith,who will absent themselves over the lack of diversity.
The statistics are damning, but in a sense they’re irrelevant. Everyone knows there’s a problem, and from Oscars boss Cheryl Boone Issacs – herself an African-American – downwards. She professed herself “heartbroken and frustrated about the lack of inclusion”. We have all seen initiatives,programmes and commitments come and move. Everyone’s fed up with it. Related: How to fix Hollywood's race problem Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com