The Oscars Really Used Chadwick Boseman For Views

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It's the way that the Academy exploited his death and his legacy to ensure views of the televised program. Oscars

). What's most distressing is that the Oscars played on the cultural significance of his passing and his legacy, and hinged one of the night's biggest moments on it, knowing that many of us were sticking around to see how Boseman would be honored. Sure, producers couldn't have known whose name was in that envelope, but they certainly knew exactly how much Boseman's death had rocked the acting community, and the world at large.

It's disappointing but not at all surprising — just another reminder that the Academy still doesn't get it. People want for their work to mean something, and for their contributions to the craft of filmmaking to be celebrated in a meaningful and tangible way.

 

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For me it was the saddest Day of my live, I see BP all times, we all miss him. R.i.P. B P

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