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| Do the Oscars need more diversity? |
As always, we're sure to hear the laments about diversity and inclusiveness (do we really care) and we will all be bored to tears listening to the slurpy platitudes come rolling-out of the winners' mouths - but this is par for the Oscars.
The voting ranks of the Academy don't need diversity, they are what they are - older Hollywood stalwarts from a variety of movie-making disciplines, who, once inducted, are in for life. To say there were no actors of "color" nominated means that a non-color actor who was nominated should be displaced. Color does not equate to nomination it has nothing to do with it, otherwise there should be a category for Best Non-white Actors, etc. etc.
The nominations for this year span a wide-range of genres: from financial crisis drama ('The Big Short'), to period drama ('Brooklyn'), to high-impact action ('Mad Max - Fury Road'), to sci-fi ('The Martian'), to western ('The Revenant'). You can claim a lot of things wrong with the Academy but diversity isn't among them. In fact, it's just the opposite. The Awards try to be too politically correct and they cannot be, as movies are art and art is not definable.
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