Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

anonymous1980 wrote:This is even worse.

The author practically accuses Damien Chazelle of being a Nazi.

Uri wrote:

Big Magilla wrote:I truly don't understand how the fact that later stage revivals, from the '70s onward, of TPG had black people in them had anything to do with the film version, which is its own artistic entity, which indeed represents the time it was made in. I may have no (intuitive) problem with it's whiteness, and I may be amused by this very American notion of anachronistically rewriting history, but I do see her point.

p..s. If you must, you may ridicule her for confusing Leni Riefenstahl's Olympia (1938) and Triumph of the Will (1935).

Big Magilla wrote:The article reads like something Sasha would write.

Big Magilla wrote:The article reads like something Sasha would write.

Throwing shit at The Pajama Game for being too white just shows the writer's lack of show biz history, to say nothing of real life. That argument should have been put to rest for all time by the 1973 Broadway revival in which Hal Linden played the white superintendent (John Raitt's role) opposite Barbara McNair's black union organizer (Doris Day's role) with a mostly black supporting cast. Subsequent revivals have featured mixed race casts as well. The inevitable "live" TV version of La La Land will likely feature a mixed race cast, too, for which the writer will undoubtedly take credit for having raised Hollywood's conscience.

anonymous1980 wrote:

Precious Doll wrote:
Yet another piece on The Guardians website bashing La La Land, this one by David Cox (never heard of him). He concludes his piece with these two sentences:

"La La Land’s victory on Sunday night will tell us something about our era. But it will be no triumph for film-makers, filmgoers or film."

I don't think you have to be a fan of La La Land to roll your eyes on that.

Precious Doll wrote:
Yet another piece on The Guardians website bashing La La Land, this one by David Cox (never heard of him). He concludes his piece with these two sentences:

"La La Land’s victory on Sunday night will tell us something about our era. But it will be no triumph for film-makers, filmgoers or film."

Big Magilla wrote:Guy Lodge's crap also posts to Sasha Stone's website where he has been more present than she has of late due to her political obsessions of late.