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Brokeback and The Oscars

March 7, 2006 B. John 331 Views Good Night and Good Luck, Capote, Brokeback Mountain, Academy Awards, Crash, Film, Oscars

Good grief, every where I turn I’m seeing headlines about Brokeback Mountain not getting the Oscar for best picture as some sort of statement about Hollywood dissing the gay film. Could it be that Crash was actually a better film?

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Crash

October 7, 2005 B. John 433 Views Best Movie, Oscar, Prejudice, Film

Several characters of different racial backgrounds collide in one incident, The different stereotypes society has created for those backgrounds affect their judgment, beliefs and actions, This in turn causes problems for each of them.