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Why bring up "Selma's Box office though? It did better than a majority of the Best Pic nominees including "Birdman, Whiplash, Theory of Everything and Boyhood" The facts are the facts, Selma got done dirty cause they wanted to use "LBJ" the white guy not getting treated right against it. So again Birdman just sweeped the Oscars yet it grossed Less then "Selma". The box office had nothing to do with it. The Oscars history on race is TERRIBLE and can't be defended. Selma numbers are in line with most Bio-Pics. Selma lost cause it didn't have a White Savoir period.
Looking again, Marty is right here. We have to stop saying they didn't give it to us and start taking it...I'm on to some different shyt. If we are demanding that our voices be heard and demanding that our movies get awards, then how about WE start going to see those movies? How about WE get off our asses and go buy a ticket rather than waiting for someone on the coli to drop the link to download? I'm not saying it would've helped at all I'm saying that I'm disappointed a movie that was incredible, with a timely message and such an important movie sort of came and went with barely any attention from the people who need to be paying attention and putting their money where their mouth is yet complain anytime hollywood gives us a tyler perry vehicle or a movie where militants on this site will say "oh a c00n movie"