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Oscar 2004: The Politics of the Best Picture Award

By Other Voices - Friday, January 18th, 2008

Instead of taking the usual line and criticizing the Oscars for being artistically biased, I would like to be more instructive and look at the specific socio-historical contexts and ideologies that have influenced the types of films that are nominated for and win Oscars. I am proposing that, above all, the Oscars are noble, middlebrow,…

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