Movies: Actors of Color Were Entirely Shut Out of the Oscars (Ongoing Industry Responses)

[playahaitian]

Actors of Color Were Entirely Shut Out of the Academy Award Nominations

Every year, post–Oscar noms, we talk about who got left out. But today, the biggest snub wasn't Carol or Johnny Depp: It was people of color.

Across all 20 of its acting nominations, including Best Actor and Actress and Best Supporting Actor and Actress, the Academy neglected to nominate a single actor of color. Left out were viable candidates Idris Elba (Beasts of No Nation), Benicio Del Toro (Sicario), and Michael B. Jordan (Creed); all received awards buzz in the weeks leading up to the nominations (Jordan took home a National Society of Film Critics award for Best Actor), with Elba considered to be the likeliest of the three to get nominated.

In addition to the individual snubs, the Academy didn't recognize Straight Outta Compton, a movie with a largely black ensemble, in either the acting or Best Picture categories, leaving us with no Best Picture nominees that feature a nonwhite lead or a predominantly nonwhite cast.

(Straight Outta Compton did receive a nomination for Best Original Screenplay — which was credited to four white writers.)​

This is the second year in a row that the Academy neglected to honor any actors of color.

The last time that wasn't the case was 2013, when Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips), Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave) all received nods; Nyong'o would win Best Supporting Actress.

However, last year's Oscars did feature Selma as a nominee for Best Picture, making these nominations stand out in a very unfortunate way.

 

[playahaitian]

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[playahaitian]

11min mark movie got financed by the french​

 

[playahaitian]

http://www.vulture.com/2015/02/2015s-oscar-class-photo-9-points-of-interest.html​

 

[largebillsonlyplease]

so back to business as usual lol

 

[playahaitian]

so back to business as usual lol

yup

 

[playahaitian]

So THIS^^^^ was REALLY effective, huh?​

 

[mathtest]

http://www.vulture.com/2015/02/2015s-oscar-class-photo-9-points-of-interest.html​

shit is like a where's waldo pic and i finally found the black man (common)

 

[Problematic]

shit is like a where's waldo pic and i finally found the black man (common)

exactly...I believe there is one other cat in the upper right hand corner

 

[DaAssWatcher]

Now we know why Common was soft shoe cooning.Bet they was making all types of Black jokes while he was up there smiling showing his teeth.

 

[BlkStrength]

The old guard hate/scared of this Netflix model. Knew it wouldn't get any noms.

 

[Maxxam]

Fuck em. Cacs voting for cacs.

What I hate is when Black awards shows give awards to cacs. Damn that.

 

[keone]

 

[keone]

So THIS^^^^ was REALLY effective, huh?​

these people love wastingtime. action for what?

 

[mexico]

I'd rather have no nominations that token ones. This isn't the most outrageous case of snubs I've ever seen... hell, last year was more egregious with the lack of acting noms for Selma. There just weren't a whole lot of truly great movies period this year, let alone black performances which are always at a derth. Jordan was damn good in Creed, but I can't make the case that he was so much better than (Cranston, Fassbender, Damon, Redmayne, DiCaprio) to knock one of them off the list.

 

[playahaitian]

shit is like a where's waldo pic and i finally found the black man (common)

yup

 

[DjMorpheus]

I'd rather have no nominations that token ones. This isn't the most outrageous case of snubs I've ever seen... hell, last year was more egregious with the lack of acting noms for Selma. There just weren't a whole lot of truly great movies period this year, let alone black performances which are always at a derth. Jordan was damn good in Creed, but I can't make the case that he was so much better than (Cranston, Fassbender, Damon, Redmayne, DiCaprio) to knock one of them off the list.

Fuck outta here. Idris should definitely be on that list. Will Smith for COncussion. Man I could go on and on...

 

[Spectrum]

Fuck outta here. Idris should definitely be on that list. Will Smith for COncussion. Man I could go on and on...

Yeah. Idris was just as good as Damon.

 

[mexico]

Fuck outta here. Idris should definitely be on that list. Will Smith for COncussion. Man I could go on and on...

Will Smith for Concussion, nah. It was a good performance but it wasn't good enough to knock anyone off the best actor list.

Idris Elba now you can make the case that's a snub. His early buzz was in the support actor category. Timing hurt him more than anything. Every year a good movie gets released earlier in the calendar and gets that early buzz and if the pro co doesn't invest heavily in an Oscar campaign it can lose momentum right around award season.

And the platform had some affect too. Voters and studios especially still aren't feeling the mutli platform release.

 

[mexico]

Yeah. Idris was just as good as Damon.

Different category. Damon's was a best actor nod.

Idris's early oscar buzz was in best supporting.

 

[dtownsfinest]

To be honest I didn't think none of them were that great. Now I can't say if the people that DID get nominated were that great either. But Michael B Jordan was solid in Creed but not award worthy. Will was okay as well but i'd say the same for him. I thought Idris was great in his role. That one was a clear snub IMO. And IMO, Straight Outta Compton should get far more love. They don't like to award box office hits but it should atleast get some nominations. I personally feel like there were some good performances in that flick to have gotten noticed.

 

[Spectrum]

Different category. Damon's was a best actor nod.

Idris's early oscar buzz was in best supporting.

Word? So who was the lead? the kid?

 

[lukas james]

Fuck outta here. Idris should definitely be on that list. Will Smith for COncussion. Man I could go on and on...

NO WAY. Will Smith's performance in Concussion was NOT Oscar worthy. Neither was Idris's role in Beasts of No Nation. You might be able to chalk that up to the shitty african accents they both had to do. You want Smith to get an Oscar for the worst on film african accent of the year?
Or would you feel better if they gave it to Elba for portraying a pedophile war general? Should Michael B. Jordan get an Oscar for Creed considering his character's persona is the exact same boring asshole he played in Fantastic Four and Chronicle? 2015 was a shitty year for black movies and black actors. We had good performances inside shitty movies and shitty performances inside good movies. Can't expect to discover something thru the Oscars that wasn't there all year.

 

[lukas james]

Word? So who was the lead? the kid?

Yep.

 

[Mo-Better]

This years theme, "Only the Host is Black." Use Chris Rock to hopefully boost ratings.

I can't believe anyone black would still be surprised or disappointed at Hollywood snubbing black artist and films, its what they do. There's an unmistakable pattern to what's happening during the nominations and its repeated every year. Just look at the films that get nominated. No trailers for these movies. HBO, Showtime, Encore rarely air these movies. The Oscar committee drags shit in from every where, shit you've never heard of and they all have the same thing in common, films that interest only whites and cast that are only white.

I'm not sure Straight Outta Compton is Oscar worthy but it did get a token nomination. That was just to shut y'all up. But look at what the nomination is for, Best Original Screenplay.

One more time I'm saying we need our own award events fuck whitey and that Oscar.

 

[mexico]

Word? So who was the lead? the kid?

Yes... and no.

This is one of those funny things about the business where it's just vague is fuck. Basically the production company, or studio, whoever is handling the campaign will decide who they're going to put up in what categories. A lot of times they'll campaign lead actors in supporting categories because they think they'll have a better chance of winning and vice versa. Alicia Vikander in The Danish Girl is up for Best Supporting Actress despite having more screentime than Eddie Redmayne who got a Best Actor Nom.

Decades ago Anthony Hopkins won Best Actor in Silence of the Lambs despite only having 20 minutes of screen time.

Brando won Best Actor with only 16 minutes of screen time -- he should have been in the Best Supporting category.

A few years after that, Deniro won best supporting actor for Godfather 2 despite having more screentime than Brando had for Godfather 1.

Just one of those things. In my book Elba could have just as easily been up for Best Actor but the early buzz I read, I remember it was Best Supporting.

 

[Spectrum]

Yes... and no.

This is one of those funny things about the business where it's just vague is fuck. Basically the production company, or studio, whoever is handling the campaign will decide who they're going to put up in what categories. A lot of times they'll campaign lead actors in supporting categories because they think they'll have a better chance of winning and vice versa. Alicia Vikander in The Danish Girl is up for Best Supporting Actress despite having more screentime than Eddie Redmayne who got a Best Actor Nom.

Decades ago Anthony Hopkins won Best Actor in Silence of the Lambs despite only having 20 minutes of screen time.

Brando won Best Actor with only 16 minutes of screen time -- he should have been in the Best Supporting category.

A few years after that, Deniro won best supporting actor for Godfather 2 despite having more screentime than Brando had for Godfather 1.

Just one of those things. In my book Elba could have just as easily been up for Best Actor but the early buzz I read, I remember it was Best Supporting.

Got it... thanks... didn't know that's how it went down.

 

[Moore]

Will Smith sucked in Concussion, get over it...

 

[BDR]

Cheryl Boon Isaacs

Negro bench wench of the highest order

 

[Moore]

Idris performance was great so many he should have been nominated.

 

[playahaitian]

Yes... and no.

This is one of those funny things about the business where it's just vague is fuck. Basically the production company, or studio, whoever is handling the campaign will decide who they're going to put up in what categories. A lot of times they'll campaign lead actors in supporting categories because they think they'll have a better chance of winning and vice versa. Alicia Vikander in The Danish Girl is up for Best Supporting Actress despite having more screentime than Eddie Redmayne who got a Best Actor Nom.

Decades ago Anthony Hopkins won Best Actor in Silence of the Lambs despite only having 20 minutes of screen time.

Brando won Best Actor with only 16 minutes of screen time -- he should have been in the Best Supporting category.

A few years after that, Deniro won best supporting actor for Godfather 2 despite having more screentime than Brando had for Godfather 1.

Just one of those things. In my book Elba could have just as easily been up for Best Actor but the early buzz I read, I remember it was Best Supporting.

excellent post

 

[Coldchi]

Oscars = white is right

 

[DjMorpheus]

Yes... and no.

This is one of those funny things about the business where it's just vague is fuck. Basically the production company, or studio, whoever is handling the campaign will decide who they're going to put up in what categories. A lot of times they'll campaign lead actors in supporting categories because they think they'll have a better chance of winning and vice versa. Alicia Vikander in The Danish Girl is up for Best Supporting Actress despite having more screentime than Eddie Redmayne who got a Best Actor Nom.

Decades ago Anthony Hopkins won Best Actor in Silence of the Lambs despite only having 20 minutes of screen time.

Brando won Best Actor with only 16 minutes of screen time -- he should have been in the Best Supporting category.

A few years after that, Deniro won best supporting actor for Godfather 2 despite having more screentime than Brando had for Godfather 1.

Just one of those things. In my book Elba could have just as easily been up for Best Actor but the early buzz I read, I remember it was Best Supporting.

So would u say that those Oscars they recieved were "token" Oscars given limited screentime?