Are we surprised at The Oscars?
And Oscar does it again, and as highly disappointed that many of us are, are we really surprised?
Yes I’m talking about the blatant robbery for Angela Basset yet again. 30 years ago when she got robbed by the Academy when nominated for “What’s Love Got To Do With It” when they gave the award to Helen Hunt for “As Good As It Gets.” We were mad and disappointed then because and we’re feeling the same now! WE as a culture see the depth of Basset’s talent but for some reason it’s not good enough or is it too much for the Oscar voters? When I started off saying “are we really surprised?” I mean that as much as we so very deeply wanted her to be rewarded for her exceptional and outstanding portrayal of a Queen in the film Wakanda Forever, once we started seeing rumblings of the “Everywhere” movie and cast, those of us who are realistic knew “and here goes the blockage for Angela.”
As one of my friends have said “ only one minority at a time.” And when it comes to OUR culture, only ONE of us at a time and if they happen to acknowledge more than one with the big awards, you best believe it will be decades before that EVER happens for us again. Who remembers when Halle Berry, Denzel and Sidney all won big awards from the Oscars on the same night in 2002! I said then
“well it’ll be a long time before we see this scene again!” Enjoy it now!
Am I saying that others don’t deserve their awards, no I’m not but really Jamie Lee Curtis for that role wins an award? If that isn’t politics I don’t know what is, first we have a nepobaby and then if she was to be left out with all the Asians winning well now that wouldn’t have sat right with the powers that be.
I’d rather have seen her for winning for that never ending role that she plays in Halloween.
But Angela’s body of work and brilliance of what she brings to the screen and for audiences every time she hits the screen is nothing short of magnificent. As Queen Ramonda, you felt every muscle of her movements from verbal to her walk as she portrayed a leader of a nation. Yes it was fictional but
she brought it to life to make you feel Queen Ramonda and her nation as they fought for survival as we see other nations do in real life. Wakanda Forever was just too much for this society to keep applauding, because Ryan Coogler should have been nominated as Best Director also! But you best believe if it had been Ron Howard creating something about space he would be on the list as he usually is. This YOUNG black man brings to the industry, edge of your seat excitement and most of all he brings what Hollywood lives for and that is DOLLARS! But yet that wasn’t good enough.
Yes many say, “we don’t need their accolades.” I get that but no matter where you work, when you do your job and do it well and even above the rest, it is human nature to want to have that prize! If you worked for a company and every single person got a bonus and you only get your name mentioned,you would be pissed off also! So I don’t care that she didn’t do the jive grinning when the winner was announced and it wasn’t her. For those who are calling Angela classless you WISH you could stand up to her even a 1/10th of who she is.
The three black women that all should have been nominated were just too damn strong for them to stomach. Now if they had been portraying druggies, abused, broke azzes, you can bet there would be more for them but how dare the STRENGTH that they portrayed be applauded.
So for Viola Davis(Woman King) Danielle Deadwyler(Till) and for the nominated queen herself Angela Basset, WE see you, WE applaud you, WE love you!
