Students and staff at the University of Minnesota have taken offense over the school’s decision to host film producer Jim Burke as its 2019 commencement speaker, alleging that his film Green Book does not properly portray race issues. “It’s a feel-good, happy film that suggests, ‘Hey, racism is over in an era of [President] Donald Trump,” said one faculty member.
The story of Dr. Don Shirley, an African-American man whose travels throughout the Jim Crow South were profiled in the film Green Book, recently earned an Oscar–but the living family of Shirley sees the reward as a “shame.”
It wasn’t until Green Book faced a wave of backlash that I realized the feel-good dramedy — which upset critical darlings Roma and BlacKkKlansman (literally upset) Sunday night for the Best Picture Oscar — was directed by Peter Farrelly.
Matthew McConaughey notched one of the worst debuts of his career, Oscar nominees saw only modest bumps, and M. Night Shyamalan’s “Glass” easily remained No. 1 on a quiet weekend in movie theaters.
Oscar voters on Tuesday showered Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” and Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite” with a leading 10 nominations for the 91st Academy Awards, while two dominant but contentious Hollywood forces — Netflix and Marvel — each scored their first best picture nomination.
It doesn’t matter that Vallelonga was correct, the sin is he agreed with something said by Trump, and unless you publicly declare everything Trump says as a racist lie, you will be blacklisted for ThoughtCrime.
Green Book director Peter Farrelly apologized Wednesday for flashing actress Cameron Diaz with his penis back in 1998.
Despite Hollywood’s constant call for “inclusion” and “equality,” particularly for women, there were no nominations for female directors for the 2019 Golden Globes.
