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Awards for Green Book and The New Negro merely assuage white guilt – these are not great works of art | Michael Henry Adams

Posted on May 11, 2019 by Admin

The best picture Oscar and the Pulitzer for biography have been bestowed on problematic and inferior works on race

Art highlighting the marginalized, blacks, gays and others, is more fashionable than ever. For the gatekeepers of culture, however, it is not authenticity but stories that celebrate a superficial idea of progressiveness which exert the greatest appeal. Narratives exhibiting how “woke” we are resonate most. As long as a work captures how accepting whites are of blacks, how understanding straights are when encountering queerness, success is assured.

Oscars 2019: Roma and The Favourite vying for glory with 10 nominations each

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Admin

Alfonso Cuarón’s 70s set drama and the period comedy starring Olivia Colman head the list of nominees, with A Star Is Born and Vice on 8 each

Roma and The Favourite will go head to head at the Oscars after they received 10 Academy Award nominations each.

Roma, Alfonso Cuarón’s memoir of childhood in 1970s Mexico City, topped many critics’ lists of 2018 (including the Guardian’s) and has scored 10 nominations, including best film and best director for Cuarón. Roma’s success demonstrates the Oscars’ acceptance of streaming giant Netflix, which it had had hitherto treated with suspicion. Netflix has launched an expensive awards campaign which appears to be have paid off.