One Last Thing about the Oscars and How We're All Overcompensating for a Grim Reality by Rewarding Not-Great Art

by Sean NelsonThe film we need right now? Apparently so.
Aside from the (curiously) emotional experience of seeing artists whose work you enjoy getting recognized by their peers—not your peers, their peers—on TV, the 2018 Oscars had an undeniable whiff of anticlimax.That’s not because the political posturing wasn’t sincere or welcome. It absolutely was both of those things. (All three, is probably more accurate.) The notion that Hollywood is actually making strides toward