Comments on: Reasons Why Milk Might Win Some Oscars https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/02/reasons-why-milk-might-win-some-oscars Lollards in the high church of low culture Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:42:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: l https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/02/reasons-why-milk-might-win-some-oscars/comment-page-1#comment-637138 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:42:01 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=13152#comment-637138 @”Ha ha, in Polish the Director’s name is Gusa Van Santa!” nope, Gusa Van Santa- this is a declension. ” the best film of Gus Van Sant”

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By: Matthew https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/02/reasons-why-milk-might-win-some-oscars/comment-page-1#comment-585256 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:02:41 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=13152#comment-585256 My money is still on Milk if you’d like a small gentleman’s wager on the side. Though, er, perhaps I should see it before I do anything too hasty.

The idea of any of the other Best Picture noms taking it is too depressing for words, except maybe Frost/Nixon which I know nothing about, and should probably also go see.

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By: Pete Baran https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/02/reasons-why-milk-might-win-some-oscars/comment-page-1#comment-584083 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 10:49:09 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=13152#comment-584083 This seems pretty conclusive to me, all good reasons why Milk will not win ANY Oscars! (I had a feeling that LA residents shunned San Fran so its good to have that confirmed).

Your explanation for the frankly bizarre Crash win does also seem to fit all known facts and has the sad ring of truth.

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By: jamesf https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/02/reasons-why-milk-might-win-some-oscars/comment-page-1#comment-583923 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:33:52 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=13152#comment-583923 As an American (who has AMPAS family members, no less) I feel qualified to offer the following counter-arguments:

– while “Milk” takes place in San Francisco, Academy voters all live in LA, which likes to politely pretend that SF doesn’t exist

– the voters skew towards “old” by a heavy margin, making them disproportionately homophobic

– “Crash” won only because of said homophobia; everyone was so terrified that “Brokeback” was going to win that they led a HUGE advertising push towards AMPAS voters in support of “Crash” as an alternative, therefore weighting the ballots heavily in that direction. Nobody cared about (or had seen) “Crash” before this. I still remember the headlines the next day: “Brokeback Mountain Loses Oscar”

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By: jamesf https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/02/reasons-why-milk-might-win-some-oscars/comment-page-1#comment-583922 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:33:27 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=13152#comment-583922 As an American (who has AMPAS family members, no less) I feel qualified to offer the following counter-arguments:

– while “Milk” takes place in San Francisco, Academy voters all live in LA, which likes to politely pretend that SF doesn’t exist

– the voters skew towards “old” by a heavy margin, making them disproportionately homophobic

– “Crash” won only because of said homophobia; everyone was so terrified that “Brokeback” was going to win that they led a HUGE advertising push towards AMPAS voters in support of “Crash” as an alternative, therefore weighting the balance heavily in that direction. Nobody cared about (or had seen) “Crash” before this. I still remember the headlines the next day: “Brokeback Mountain Loses Oscar”

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By: USA Boxing | Boxing Results https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/02/reasons-why-milk-might-win-some-oscars/comment-page-1#comment-583829 Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:08:57 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=13152#comment-583829 […] Reasons Why Milk Might Win Some Oscars […]

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