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Dale Cooper Black

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    My vote goes to the movie that isn't sentimental treacle, so, uh... looks like I'll have to abstain again.

     

    I have to admit, I do not understand this "Oscars month" thing. If the point is to right specific wrongs of the past, then the travesty of 1989's Best Picture category was already covered in episode 29. If anything, adding either of these movies to the Canon will only diminish Do the Right Thing's place in it. And if the point is to hold a referendum on the actual nominees, wouldn't it have made more sense to pit all five films from a given year against each other?

     

    Isn't the Canon already a kind of referendum on the status quo--and by extension the Oscars--anyway? And does anybody really give a shit about the supposed authority of the Oscars anymore? (To be honest, I would've rather suffered through an entire month of Kevin Costner baseball movies than to ever hear "Everybody's Talkin'" again.)

     

    Far be it for me to chime in without adding anything to the discussion, however, so let's revisit this idea of "cultural impact." Driving Miss Daisy isn't merely Morgan Freeman's "breakout" film. (If anything, that distinction goes to Street Smart.) Rather, Hoke Colburn is the template for our very idea of Morgan Freeman--the wise angel who speaks in melliflous tones, with a wry smile and a touch of sass.

     

    This is the movie where we, the audience, decided to let Morgan Freeman grace us with his magic moonbeams forever and ever. Whether this is a good thing or not is open to debate, but there's no denying the cultural impact.

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