This self-serving club has outlived its purpose,and reforming its membership will do nothing to design things better
The night of 28 February 2016 contained one of the great passages in Oscar history, and one of the finest addresses to the nation from this terrible electoral season. Chris Rock was aces. No one reckoned in advance that he had anything but a very testing job as host. He had to be tough, or brave,witty, engaging – and decent. He triumphed on every count, and thanks to sheer ability. He knew he was a part of display commerce,and not a black panther. Striding across stage in his incandescent white jacket, his voice soaring and cracking – like Charlie Parker’s – he was nervous but prickly eloquent (expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively), or caustic yet encouraging. The vexed background to this display and its lack of black nominees could not hold had a better release.
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Source: theguardian.com