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Analysis: After years of criticism, the hashtag for this year's Oscar nominations could be ItsAboutTime

LOS ANGELES - After years of criticism, the hashtag for this year's Oscar nominations could be ItsAboutTime

Recently, "Shape of Water" star Sally Hawkins listened as Guillermo del Toro, the movie's writer-director, described the plot of the lush, romantic fantasy, which revolves around a mute female janitor in a 1960s government lab.

Punctuating his explanation that a woman drives the entire story, Hawkins waited a beat and then said:

"It's about time."

The nominations for the 90th Academy Awards, which were announced on Tuesday, contained a great many "it's about time" moments. Jordan Peele, the mastermind of "Get Out," a social thriller about American racism,

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