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Mental illness and why Silver Linings Playbook deserved an Oscar for Best Screenplay

By Katie | Published: February 25, 2013
TweetBesides earning Jennifer Lawrence a well-deserved Oscar for Best Actress, Silver Linings Playbook was robbed at last night’s Academy Awards. The Academy wasted an opportunity to honor a film that dealt with mental illness in a nuanced, realistic, sensitive and engaging way. Let’s look at the important categories SLP was up for. Editing: the award [...]
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The Oscars gets bro-tastic

By Samhita | Published: February 25, 2013
TweetSeth MacFarlane put on quite the show last night hosting the Oscars. For a show that could use a dose of relevant humor, he chose a different path–making, racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic and sizist jokes. And beyond being offensive, they weren’t very funny either–instead awkward and uncomfortable, throwing off the tenor of the Oscars. The [...]
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