Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Oscars: Diversity among performers but not nominees
Oscars so white. Oscars so male. Oscars so … Joaquin Phoenix’s acceptance speech. Sunday night’s 92nd Academy Awards is receiving backlash for its failure to nominate many women or people of color.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readOscars so white. Oscars so male. Oscars so … Joaquin Phoenix’s acceptance speech. Sunday night’s 92nd Academy Awards is receiving backlash for its failure to nominate many women or people of color. The highlight, however, was the Korean film “Parasite” picking up four awards.
Jay Connor, co-host of The Extraordinary Negroes podcast, says people of color weren't good enough to be nominated but good enough to perform for everyone.
He also says Eminem’s performance of an 18-year-old song was pointless, and women directors were snubbed.
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Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Michell Eloy
Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play
Amy Ta
Digital News & Culture Editor
Jay Connor
staff writer at The Root, contributing writer at Huffington Post, founder and co-host of The Extraordinary Negroes podcast
The full episode
3 of 5Why is Elizabeth Warren’s campaign lagging?- 0:00On eve of New Hampshire primary, Elizabeth Warren lags
- 7:02Trump fires witnesses who testified in impeachment hearings
- 13:57Oscars: Diversity among performers but not nomineesYou’re reading this
- 19:32'Horse Girl' highlights gray area of mental health
- 34:37Doors and Woodstock photographer Henry Diltz’s 'accidental' journey to fame