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ON SUNDAY, Adam Cohen, a New York Times columnist, wrote that when a liberal friend saw the Academy Award nominations this year, he commented: "This is the only branch of government we still control."
It's true. This was the year Hollywood cut loose from its audience and decided to pursue its own story line. None of the five nominees for best picture did well at the box office. The winner "Crash" was at best a gritty minor work whose chief virtue was the message that Hollywood approves - everyone is a racist. "Cinderella Man," a well-received portrayal of 1930s heavyweight champion Jim Braddock as a family man, was all but forgotten by nomination time.See the full content of this document
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Oscars Show Hollywood Lives in a Cocoon
"Brokeback Mountain" was the odds-on favorite on Oscar night for one simple reason - it attacks the citadel of American male culture, the cowboy. Gay cowboys, what a revelation! Who will ever look the same at th...
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