We have long known that we cannot trust the Academy of Motion Pictures. Over the years they have made the inexcusable mistake of awarding the best picture Oscar to Going My Way over Double Indemnity, Kramer vs. Kramer over Apocalypse Now and even Dances With Wolves over Goodfellas. Need I say more? The list of bad choices is miles long.
Fast forward to the last eight years, did the recent academy nominees have anything to do with George W. Bush? No. It is much smarter to question the Academy that nominates the films instead of the man in office when they were nominated.
In the December 7th issue of Newsweek, contributor Ramin Setoodeh wrote a piece giving us his reasoning as to why Bush is to blame for bad films of recent years:
“You can blame Hollywood’s doom and gloom on the Oscars, but I’m not going to. Instead, I think it’s George W. Bush’s fault. Most liberal directors felt restless under his presidency, and they pushed the envelope with over-the-top, operatic tragedies.”
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