Commentary: If the Oscars aren't going to change, is it time to walk away?
How do you solve a problem like the Oscars?
"Female filmmakers and actors of color increasingly sidelined," is how the New York Times put it in the run-up to nominations. That prediction was confirmed earlier this month when a number of worthy names were noticeably missing from the list of contenders.
This year is the 92nd Academy Awards ceremony. In that history, only five women - all white - have been nominated for a best director Oscar. Ever. This year there are zero. And it's not because of a lack of notable films.
Despite a concerted effort by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to add more people of color and white women to its membership in recent years, they still remain a vastly smaller segment of voters (32% women, 16% people of color) compared to white men.
Sometimes the media is complicit in reinforcing the status quo. The New
