her oscar nomination is being investigated
https://www.thewrap.com/academy-investigating-oscar-campaign-process-to-leslie/
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"Riseborough was able to secure a nomination without studio backing while frontrunner actresses of color, such as Danielle Deadwyler (“Till”) and Viola Davis (“The Woman King”) were shut out."
So it seems that the issue is that a white woman was nominated instead of 2 black women.
It seems like if Andrea Riseborough was black, this nomination would be welcomed, instead of investigated.
Very strange, it's like she is committing a crime by being nominated instead of black people. That's their main concern...
Race isn't the only issue, apparently she was the one nominee who didn't have a studio conducting the usual sort of expensive publicity campaign, she just got a bunch of actor friends to push her through social media and emails, at the last minute. Plus, she's one of those actors who's been putting in good solid work for years and years, without making it onto the A-List, so people felt like doing her a favor. So... maybe every publicist in Hollywood is feeling threatened, because she got nominated without a hit and without a publicist, and is calling for her head?
Because if race were the *only* issue, wouldn't they be looking at all the white nominees? They aren't, they're just looking at the one who didn't pay for the usual methods.
Anyway, this is probably the most publicity she's ever gotten in her life, and will gain her a lot of sympathy if she plays her reaction right.
It seems like The Academy is trying to cover their asses for the fact that no blacks got nominated this time around. It looks to be a form of spin control to get ahead of the backlash that The Academy most likely will get for not having any black nominees in that category this year. They had to come up with something. So I guess this is what they chose to use for the spin. I'm confident that if this same person was a person of color that there would be no investigation.
shareIf the AMPAS leadership is trying to cover their asses, they're doing a piss-poor job. They could have talked about working on a more diverse population of voters, or discouraging the kind of big-money publicity campaigns that put *some* worthy nominees at a disadvantage. Instead, they're singling out the one nominee who didn't use a big-money publicity campaign, and frankly singling out the one competitor who had the least money to spend is a mean-girl bitch move.
I'm a die-hard old Leftie, and even I think this stinks, and makes me wonder if there's another reason. Like, something in the Hollywood establishment feeling threatened by a successful low-cost Oscar campaign.
This is the most hilarious thing about it all. Oh no, Viola Davis didnt get her 95-th nomination. Call FBI!!!
What even more hilarious that thry didnt highlight Cate Blanchett, Ana de Armas and Michelle Williams and didnt claim those 3 stole nominations from black actresses. Which Michelle Williams totally did as they keep and keep nominate her for her wooden one note acting. But no, poor Andrea Riseborough was declared racist and villain. I guess its because she doesnt have enough power and fame to protect herself ans is easy target.
Are you surprised? Welcome to 2023.
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