The problem isn’t that the academy isn’t giving black actors free prizes and awards. It’s that there weren’t any good black actors in leading roles who deserved an award.
Concussion was basically a LifeTime TV movie they put on the big screen for a few weeks. Maybe you could argue ‘Creed’ was good but that’s stretching it.
Also Ruffalo is a moron.
Via USA Today:
After “weighing” the decision to boycott this year’s Academy Awards, Mark Ruffalo will be attending the ceremony after all.
Ruffalo, who’s nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Spotlight, took to Twitter to explain why he’s attending the Oscars, writing that he feels a responsibility to the victims of the crimes investigated in Spotlight.