Actress Issa Rae was ready with her quip, as if she had predicted the Oscar nominations that were announced Monday. “And yet they’re not allowed to be lauded by these cultural institutions for their directing prowess.” There’s a “complete disconnect,” Smith added, “between objective criteria of merit and what we are seeing in the nominations for directing at the Academy …
NEW YORK — Once again, it was #DirectorsSoMale at the Oscars. Denied were contenders like Greta Gerwig, director of “Little Women,” and Lulu Wang of “The Farewell.” Continuing another troubling trend that the Oscars cannot seem to shake: In the acting nominations, it was almost #OscarsSoWhite, with Cynthia Erivo of “Harriet” the only acting nominee of color out of 20 …
