Can the just-announced commitment to double the number of women and ‘diverse’ Academy members save the brand amid the #OscarsSoWhite firestorm?
The Academy’s slump on Friday morning to dampen the#OscarsSoWhite furore blazing through Hollywood will go some way towards doing that, but there is still plenty of work ahead.
President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced that at a assembly on Thursday night the board committed itself to double by 2020 the number of women and “diverse” members of the Academy.
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Source: theguardian.com