The Making-Up Oscar And Why It Matters

“A win for DiCaprio would continue a long Oscar trad­ition: Right Person, Wrong Year. The Academy has a consistent pattern of giving the award — or at least a nomination — to someone who totally deserved it for a different film. Often this happens because voters who should know better favor conspicuous acting over subtlety. Sometimes Academy members are out of sync with the times because they’re making up for previous slights.”