Ava DuVernay, director of last year’s best picture-nominee Selma, tweeted that the changes were “one good step in a long, complicated journey for people of color and women artists”. However, there is a group of people who, although they have been invited to the awards show, don’t seem to be preparing with much excitement. And Al (Sharpton) is just a guy who wants to get publicity for himself.
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The anger was about the lack of representation, but George Clooney brought up another issue that is directly tied to why there were no minority faces.
“Just think of the great films that really display not just the diversity of America, but the diversity of the human experience”, said the former secretary of the state.
Academy CEO Dawn Hudson told THR that all the talk of the Academy caving to political correctness “makes me a little insane”. This will allow new members an opportunity to become more active in Academy decision-making and help the organization identify and nurture future leaders.
“He is a brilliant, brilliant, observant comedian and performer, and he is a brilliant host”, she says. Others within the Academy have said publicly that they are offended by the implications of racism in the choices, simply pointing out that the nominations are extremely competitive, and that many deserving performers, of different races, were left out.
According to the Rolling Stone article, “Chris Rock Rewriting Monologue Following Oscars Boycott” by Daniel Kreps on January 24, 2016 the comedian has changed his opening statement to address the controversy. That is, for two straight years, all of the nominees for Best Actor and Actress and Best Supporting Actor and Actress were Caucasian.
“The set of voters that they’re going to get rid of have seen more movies and have more context in which to judge something than any newbie coming into the academy”, Goldstein told The Associated Press.
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She first mentioned a boycott on Jan. 16, officially claiming it in a follow-up video on Facebook Jan. 18.
