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WHERE MY PEEPS AT?


hile it’s a great thing that the Academy is breaking its-too- long held ways of ignoring people of color and women directors in most cases, I am a bit shocked that not one


person who identifies as queer are among the nominees. Comparably at the Golden Globes, two lesbian actresses, the


aforementioned Jody Foster (The Mauritanian) received her fourth Globe for Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture and her Sapphic sister Rosamund Pike (I Care A Lot) won for Best Actress in a Comedy. Both were not among the list of hopeful winners for the Oscars.


Our two-count possibilities for inclusion rest in the hands of Best


Animated Feature Onward; but that had a single line of dialogue in which a female character refers to her girlfriend. Two Distant Strangers, up for Best Live Action Short, is written by bisexual scribe Travon Free. On a night filled with earthly stars, that’s not much to hang our hopes on one that is celestial in nature. So, here’s hoping that the Academy will someday be more than our version of the Super Bowl and not keep us on the sidelines. Put us in, coach!


CUT. PRINT. THAT’S A WRAP! O


ne of my favorite things about being an arts and entertain- ment reporter is that I’m essentially being paid to watch movies. Trust and believe, I really earned my money this time


around, and I felt like Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange when Alex has his eyes constantly propped open, thanks to lid locks. Who


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knows, maybe one day they’ll write a movie about my eyestrain. But I gladly keep my peepers open and take in all that these films had to offer. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I must go pick out my gown to wear in front of the TV on Oscar night. Happy viewing!


Tim Parks has been a freelance writer for 21 years, a columnist for 16 years, and part of Team Rage since 2009. He is the award-winning author of The Scheme of Things, available on Amazon.com.


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