Maybe We All Missed The Point Of The Oscars
Jamie Lee Curtis winning the Oscar is a victory for all women. But is it a victory for all women in the same way?
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Ah yes, the Academy Awards. Every year, the Oscars carries the potential of historic opportunities.
Just so that in 2023, two women were nominated for supporting roles in the Academy-Award-winning movie Everything Everywhere All At Once. Either woman’s victory would be a stunning step forward.
And yet I wish Stephanie Hsu had won the Oscar, and not just because she has my favorite name.
All Things Have Never Been Equal
During her years as a Huffington Post blogger, Jamie Lee Curtis wrote as strong a rebuke of the 2013 Oscars as has been written about every other year the Academy pinched a loaf.
“I am sorry,” Curtis wrote, “that this is what we are talking about and not Argo’s lovely win or Jennifer’s amazing performance or Daniel’s…
