Sunday, February 25, 2018

The 2002 Movie 'Real Women Have Curves' Was A Lot (Some Say Too Much) Like 'Lady Bird,' But Never Got Its Cultural Moment - Why?

Critic Monica Castillo notes that it's not the fault of the 2017 movie that the Academy didn't recognize the 2002 movie. "Real Women didn’t receive a single nod from the academy, though it won a handful of awards in the run-up to the Oscars. That might look as if the industry were praising the movie with the white protagonist when it ignored the movie with a Latino one — that Real Women Have Curves lacked the familiarity the traditionally white, older Oscar voters would reward. ... This should be a time to re-evaluate how the entertainment industry missed a remarkable movie."



Article source here:Arts Journal

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