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“Hidden Figures” is one of several films, nominated at this year’s Academy Awards, to finally turn the tide on the past two years’ whitewashed nominees. Unlike many films nominated in the past, “Hidden Figures” does not purely focus on the degradation of black people, but also their contributions to the world at large. The subjects of this film are black women, who are often seen as the most disenfranchised group of Americans, and aren’t generally the subjects of big profile films.
While past collaborations between this dream team have yielded multiple acting and creative nominations, Lawrence received the sole nomination in her turn as Mangano
I think it’s important to note that when people choose which actors and properties get nominated, they aren’t looking to what stories are most important, but who deserves what more. The Academy is made up predominantly of white men.
Bryan Cranston’s nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role was the only nomination that this film garnered. Cranston should have been nominated years before for supporting roles in films such as “Drive,” and “Argo,” but it’s good to see his first nomination is for something he genuinely earned.
Though I have never met Steve Jobs, been privy to who he was as a person, or read the biography by Walter Isaacson, it’s easy to see this as the true Jobs; fostering insecurity while pushing his agenda on an unwilling public.
