Published: February 25, 2019
The shock decision to hand Peter Farrelly’s road movie best picture undermines all which came before in this apparently progressive show
It was all going so well. After years battling the public perception that something was a bit fishy, the Oscars once again – for a few hours at least – smelled of roses.
This year had been perhaps the hardest on record for the beleaguered Academy management. Against the backdrop of an endless battle to convince the public its members weren’t endemically prejudiced came a series of high-profile decision reversals after a string of massive backlashes. As D-day approached, so too did an ominous sense of vertigo.
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