Why Oscar snubbed "Superman" - deservedly so (because it was composed of lies)

[Hannah Bell]

Why Oscar snubbed ‘Superman’ -- deservedly so
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/school-turnaroundsreform/why-oscar-snubbed-superman---.html

By Valerie Strauss

The documentarians who select the films for Academy Award nominations in the feature documentary category got it right: “Waiting for Superman” was not good/accurate enough to be selected.

Academy Award nominations are heavily political, yet this film didn’t make the cut even though President Obama called it “powerful” and welcomed to the White House the five charming students who starred in the film.,,Advertising campaigns have been known to vault films into Academy contention, but not even a $2 million grant provided by the Gates Foundation to market “Superman” worked.

Though "Superman" was on the shortlist for an Academy Award in the feature documentary category, apparently the people who vote on the nominations -- people who actually make documentaries -- saw too many problems with “Waiting for Superman.”

And there are many, large and small...

(For the record, the films that did get nominations in the feature documentary category are: Exit through the Gift Shop, Gasland, Inside Job, Restrepo and Waste Land.)

http://www.schoolsmatter.info/

[Hardrada]

1. Great! Bury that dog of a movie in the city dump.

[immoderate]

2. Ha!

Fuck those fucking fuckers! 'Scuse my French.

--imm

[Hannah Bell]

3. second that.

[maryf]

5. thanks for saying that!

I can't, I'm a bad teacher and might get in trouble!

[rpannier]

4. It's a conspiracy I tells ya

People demanding accuracy??!!
Pishah
The President liked it and it's endorsed by Bill Gates
What more do you need?
The Koch Bros and Michelle Flea...I mean Lie...I mean Rhee liked it