Critique: "It looks Like the 2020 Oscars Are All About the White-Dad Movie (Again)"
Article: https://www.vogue.com/article/oscar-nominations-2020-so-white-so-male This vogue article written by Emma Specter gives an insight on the Academy Awards’ lack of diversity in their nominations. Throughout the piece, the angle is clear: the writer believes there IS a lack of diversity in the nominations that the Academy deems “Oscar-worthy.” Most of the nominations are praises to straight, white men in the industry, both as actors and directors. In 2016, the hashtag “#OscarsSoWhite” began to trend, as a result of the majority white (and male) nominations. The writer refers to refers to other sources such as Vanity Fair and The New York Times to support her statistics and facts about these movies. Most of the other articles Specter includes in this piece are from other Vogue articles to support her statements. Although most of her supporting articles do come from Vogue , I don’t think they necessarily hurt her argument since Vogue is considered...