The awards shows usually have a few films that dominate. This year there were a few exceptional films with a lot of black participants. They won some awards. There was one notable film with a lot of white participants, it won a lot of awards as well.
Making movies isn’t like track and field, where everything comes down to time and distance, these awards are always a judgement call by just a few people, and a lot of things can make a film great. One of those is the climate it’s made in.
Some great films were made, they won awards, some equally great films won nothing but got to go to the biggest party in their industry. It used to be a celebration, but all I’ve seen today is talk about who was wronged by the whole process… whites, blacks, women, Trump, muslims, and probably others.
It’s a party where they hand out trophies. Well done, people who got trophies, well done people who were nominated, thanks for all the great entertainment.