In this edition of Cinema Issues we will be talking about the response to the Golden Globes not giving Sinners best picture.
We can break it down into a few different categories but all are based on the same logic, the characters were the same race as me therefore I must defend it and act like it was the biggest deal in the history of cinema. Part of the black community seems to think that Sinners is “their” film, I’ve seen a good few of them write it and that if you don’t like it or don’t think it was amazing you’re either a racist, or if you’re black you’re a traitor.
The internet is full of mental illness.
Let’s get into the first category, this I will call the fake fan. These people say that Sinners was better than everything else up for the best picture yet if pushed admit they haven’t watched anything else, and so have no frame of reference.
Secondly, you have the it was my favourite film or it made more money than, your subjective opinion doesn’t matter, how much money it made only mattered to the thing it won, not to best picture. Demanding it to win best picture as it was your favourite film of the year places far too much importance on yourself.
Thirdly, RaCiSm. These are the claims that despite the winners being more diverse than ever overall. The Golden Globes or those who vote for them are racist and as such that’s why Sinners didn’t win. These people are race baiters who still act like it’s 1950 and that black people never win anything, clearly they didn’t even watch the show.
Fourthly you have the people treating an awards show like sports and act like they have a team they are dedicated to, this is ridiculous, cinema is subjective to those voting for it, it isn’t about merit its about personal taste.
Overall, the increasing tribalism and sectarian nature of the internet continues unabated and it’s depressing. A black dude can like Hamnet more than Sinners doesn’t make him bad and if you’re community thinks that then you’re pretty toxic.
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