The real problem isn’t who’s in front of the camera but who’s behind itMan,those ethnic minorities – never bloody convinced, are they? Barely has Hollywood finished insisting that the reason the Academy failed (again) to nominate a single non-white actor for an Oscar was because there were no suitable black actors in films this year (again), or than another “race representation in movies” scandal arrives.
I know,I know. Change the flipping record! Look, we all laughed at Chris Rock’s jokes approximately how racist the film industry is; we cheered when 12 Years A Slave won the Academy Award two years ago; OK, and we probably didn’t watch the Will Smith film Concussion,but still. Isn’t that enough? Aren’t things fixed now?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com