Is secret homophobia fueling a possible 'Crash' upset?
Something weird is going on among Oscar voters — and it's also going unspoken. "Crash" and "Good Night, and Good Luck" have their passionate supporters who gush with their honest love of those best picture nominees, but most non-"Brokeback" votes I hear from Oscar voters are really anti-"Brokeback."
Scads of academy members fume to me when they tattle on how they're inking their ballots, "I'm not voting for 'Brokeback'!" Then they calm down a bit and add, "I'm voting for (fill in the blank)" and give a positive reason to justify their decision for picking an alternative. In most cases I hear contrary votes for "Crash," but there's also surprising strength for "Good Night, and Good Luck." So far I've heard equal numbers of votes for "Brokeback" as "Crash," with "Good Night" not far behind. The best picture race is really thisclose.
It's the fury that voters express when mentioning "Brokeback" that's so odd and suspicious. In some cases I believe they're people who think the film is overrated. Or they're just weary of gay cowboy jokes. But in the majority of cases I suspect it's something else and something bad that they feel they can't utter out loud, so they're holding it in. You can see it on their faces.
Could it be secret homophobia? Perhaps. The academy is comprised mostly of straight white guys with white hair who know it's intolerable to bash gays in lavender-friendly, liberal Hollywood. But I really don't think it's that in any large way. Instead, I think it's the same frustration non-Jews feel when there's a glut of Holocaust films leading the Oscar pack in Jewish-friendly Hollywood. They want to exclaim, "Enough already with the Holocaust films!" This time I suspect many straight Hollywooders — who are totally cool with gay people in general — are fighting the urge to shriek, "Enough already with the gay persecution films!"
This Oscar year there really is a glut of them and, if I'm right in my predictions, we'll see the all-gay Oscars on March 5 with victories in the top categories by "Brokeback Mountain," "Capote" and "Transamerica."
How widespread is this anti-"Brokeback" tide? It's hard to say because it's mostly unspoken, but it's very real and it makes predicting the best picture race a crapshoot. It's quite possible that we could see another one of those best picture/director splits that used to be so rare, but are now commonplace with "Chicago," "Shakespeare in Love" and "Gladiator" winning best picture while the director laurels went to, respectively, Roman Polanski ("The Pianist"), Steven Spielberg ("Saving Private Ryan") and Steven Soderbergh ("Traffic"). Whatever happens this year, it's clear that Ang Lee has the best director trophy in the bag.
In the end, I believe "Brokeback" will win because there's a clear voting pattern in the top category recently: academy members want to be on the winning team. Front-runners tend to win even when there's a growing surge against them. Backlash against "The English Patient" was so widespread that "Seinfeld" did a whole episode about it, but it still won. Even though "A Beautiful Mind" was under attack on all fronts a few years ago, it nonetheless prevailed. "Chicago" pulled off its best picture victory even though late-breaking momentum for "The Pianist" was so strong that it won the top prizes for director, actor and screenplay. That bodes well for the gay cowboys remaining tall in the saddle on Oscar night.
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Posted by: Boston/Ben Haith | November 30, 2006 at 11:35 AM
Never let it be said that I can't admit I was wrong: Hollywood IS more comfortable with politically correct polemic and IS homophobic to its bones.
Kenneth Turan nails it in today's LAT:
"I do not for one minute question the sincerity and integrity of the people who made "Crash," and I do not question their commitment to wanting a more equal society. But I do question the film they've made. It may be true, as producer Cathy Schulman said in accepting the Oscar for best picture, that this was "one of the most breathtaking and stunning maverick years in American history," but "Crash" is not an example of that.
I don't care how much trouble "Crash" had getting financing or getting people on board, the reality of this film, the reason it won the best picture Oscar, is that it is, at its core, a standard Hollywood movie, as manipulative and unrealistic as the day is long. And something more.
For "Crash's" biggest asset is its ability to give people a carload of those standard Hollywood satisfactions but make them think they are seeing something groundbreaking and daring. It is, in some ways, a feel-good film about racism, a film you could see and feel like a better person, a film that could make you believe that you had done your moral duty and examined your soul when in fact you were just getting your buttons pushed and your preconceptions reconfirmed.
So for people who were discomfited by "Brokeback Mountain" but wanted to be able to look themselves in the mirror and feel like they were good, productive liberals, "Crash" provided the perfect safe harbor. They could vote for it in good conscience, vote for it and feel they had made a progressive move, vote for it and not feel that there was any stain on their liberal credentials for shunning what "Brokeback" had to offer. And that's exactly what they did.
"Brokeback," it is worth noting, was in some ways the tamest of the discomforting films available to Oscar voters in various categories. Steven Spielberg's "Munich"; the Palestinian Territories' "Paradise Now," one of the best foreign language nominees; and the documentary nominee "Darwin's Nightmare" offered scenarios that truly shook up people's normal ways of seeing the world. None of them won a thing.
Hollywood, of course, is under no obligation to be a progressive force in the world. It is in the business of entertainment, in the business of making the most dollars it can. Yes, on Oscar night, it likes to pat itself on the back for the good it does in the world, but as Sunday night's ceremony proved, it is easier to congratulate yourself for a job well done in the past than actually do that job in the present. "
Amen. Hollywood's loss is the Spirit and BAFTA and the Globes and Venice's gain, and that's show biz.
Posted by: dorothy | March 06, 2006 at 02:39 AM
"Crash" also has a pretty nasty producer's legal battle over Oscar credit a'brewing, has been throughout the whole voting season, and that, coupled with the doubtfulness of an angry, profanity-ridden, viewer-divisive polemic taking Best Picture, is why it's going to lose. Oh, that and the fact that not only does "Brokeback Mountain" indeed have a story, quite a celebrated one, at that, and classic epic scope, and tearjerking impact, but that it's still poised (with foreign grosses) to hit the $100 million mark, on a $13 mil or so investment, before the DVD is released (which still beats $50 mil on a $6 mil investment -- Money IS The Bottom Line)
More to the point, the gay demographic in The Industry is the sole demographic that incorporates and trumps racial, political and hierachical demarcations, systemic to the business from the most closeted A-Lister to the lowliest craft services person.
If it's a choice between Hollywood acknowledging its own racism, latent or overt, by default, and tacitly acknowledging the sector that, if removed from the equation, would mean End of The Industry, even grudgingly, there's no contest. "Brokeback" will win the best picture Oscar. The "Crash" push has been a brilliantly maneuvered piece of spin by marketing, press and fan factions to drum up suspenseful drama, for which we are all certainly grateful. The film's proponents, on the other hand, should be grateful for the original screenplay Oscar, because that's the sole sure thing for "Crash."
To describe what Ang Lee did on a budget on location with very tricky material in "Brokeback" as "pretty good, not Lee's best," betrays utter ignorance of what the director's craft entails.
As misguided as last Sunday's commentary in this site's host newspaper that took "Brokeback" to task for not making Ennis a Latino as in Proulx's original, when in fact there's nothing in the short story that identifies the character as such. If Ennis was Latino, why would he not have been able to converse with the Chilean shepherds when the sheep got mixed up?
Fabrication to make a point, mistaken opinion, bad research, whatever -- wrong is wrong.
Posted by: dorothy | March 03, 2006 at 03:11 PM
What is with people thinking BBM is so utterly original? It' been done people,and BETTER! Far From Heaven, which came out a few years ago was also about homosexuality. A man is forced to live, wondering why he was this way, cheated on his wife and you see the heartbreak that it causes him and his family. This was a brilliant film, BBM is not. BBM is so "that's it?" it makes you want to just scream because you know there is a story there but it does not find it. It's like watching a movie self-destruct right before your very eyes. Are the performances good? Yes. Is the direction good? Pretty good, not Lee's best. Is this overall film good? NO. And it is all because it lacks in storyline. One thing about films, if they are great that is. is that there are some that need to make a decision, can be neutral, or both even. This is the problem with BBM. There are so many ideas brought up in this film and yet the writers, even the author of the original work have chosen not to make a choice and give their story a point. I feel this is a crucial flaw because with a film like BBM, choices have to be made. You can't come up with such a subject and just lazily sit back and let it roll. Crash on the other hand, which is better in every sense of the word, does not need to make choices. The audience is given so many different points of view that all bases are covered and this can all be thanked by Haggis' gift of writing. I believe there are three different types of filmgoers. There are those who simply go for entertainment (remember they are movies!), there are those that back movies just because everyone else is , and then there are those that choose to analyze a film by everything to give an accurate opinion of it, whether or not they AGREE with the subject matter or not they choose to be fair in their analysis. Almost 90% of BBM supporters support this film because "it's different and it just so needed to be made bc it pushes the envelope" and blah blah blah. These people no doubt already had a bias going into it and bc it's "controversial" they just have to back it up, perhaps bc they have no other way to distinguish themselves. Personally I am more of a mixture of wanting to be entertained and being fair when going to see a film. There are times when i simply want to be entertained but come oscar time i truly get serious and focus on the films and what they're about. When doing this, all political beliefs need to be left at the door. You cannot possibly give a fair opinion of a movie when you've already decided you don't agree with it or you do. I may not agree with the subject matter of BBM but that is not the deciding factor in my opinon of it. When there's a film like Far From Heaven, which is about the effects of homosexuality in a world when it was unheard of and it's so brilliantly acted and made and written, i certainly am not going to deny it the praise it has rightfully earned. BBM definitely has potential, however it never gets there. The Academy Awards is about the BEST film of the year. Crash has stayed strong since it's release last year and it's been on dvd for months! Whether people agree with its message or not, Crash has been that film that people continue to talk about. Had BBM been released as early as Crash I seriously doubt it would have been rememebered come Oscar time. But the thing about BBM is they played it smart. They had a "controversial" film, released it in December (which is usually the period you want to be in if you want to get nominated" and they marketed it gradually. But I feel these tactics will not be enough to get it the Best Picture award because you can do everything right (as Sideways did last year) and you will almost always be beat out by the better film with the strong story (as last year's Million Dollar Baby did). And of course really the Academy Award voters can't win either way. If they award it to Crash (which should win) then "supporters" of BBM will cause havoc saying "it's because they're homophobes, they're OLD voters, they don't wanna move forward" blah blah blah. I mean seriously they will probably have protests, which is sad. And if they award the big award to BBM, supporters of Crash (like me) will not necessarilly cause havoc but truly never feel the same about the Academy Awards again because it will be completely obvious that the pretigious Academy Awards have been swayed by a bunch of whiny fans that would just "never watch the academy awards ever again" if their ridiculously simplistic film didn't win. BBM is nowhere near the best film of they year, in fact even if Crash doesn't win, Capote should because it too is a better film than BBM and oh my gosh, can you believe it, that has a gay man in it too!! It all comes down to a story. Crash has one. Capote has one. And I hate to break it to you but Brokeback Mountain does not.
Posted by: Kevin | March 01, 2006 at 03:40 PM
Whether or not BBM wins any Oscars, somebody on here mentioned the morality of BBM--that they CHEAT ON THEIR WIVES for 20 years. That is part of the impact of homophonia and the choices that gay men make make in their lives to fit in. That's what the movie is about. The effect of homophopia on relationships--all of them. Lovers, Wives, Children.
If people can't grasp this from the movie and this does't affect them and there isn't any empathy for the characters, then people have gotten BBM. Furthermore, I challenge people that have this response to really look at themselves, because you can deny all you want, but this seems like a homophobic response.
Posted by: Bryan | February 28, 2006 at 05:56 PM
I don't think that people who don't like BBM are homophobes, however Academy members who absolutely refuse to even see it to render a fair judgement in voting for Best Picture are.
Posted by: Catesa | February 28, 2006 at 10:09 AM
I'm no homophobe I hate everyone in Hollywood
Posted by: billy blimpo | February 28, 2006 at 08:08 AM
I hope members of the Academy don't base their vote for Best Picture on any singular aspect, such as its theme or contemporary relevance or cinematography, acting or script. This top category should be used to crown the best achievement in film of the year, and I'd be surprised if a majority of Academy members don't take that somewhat seriously. As for what that biggest achievement is, of course that's up for debate ... hence there are five nominees. But as for predicting the winner, the guild awards give us a glimpse into the thinking of the specific people who will be voting. Those results say "Brokeback Mountain" loud and clear. Any other sense of growing support for "Crash" is anecdotal. The film was released six months ago, so voters had more than enough time to be sold on it by the time the guild awards came along.
Posted by: John M | February 27, 2006 at 08:12 PM
Interestingly enough of the five pictures nominated I found Capote the most fully realized & PSH who usually is way too affected for me is dead on. Crash is H'wood's view of LA as it would like to be, GN&GL a necessary civics lesson in this dark Bush age, Munich a very poor picture with a most important message, and BBM contains a deeply felt portrayl of a man drying up inside. The most invigorating American pictures were not nominated: The New World, Match Point & A History of Violence. But the most amazing thing about this year is that all these pictures -- and most of the performances -- are saying something; their makers seem to actually believe in what the pictures are about, contrary to the usual cynical process. I also take issue with H'wood's presumed homophobia & liberalism. While gays have not been well-represented in front of the camera, there have been many great gay directors, cosuime designers, etc. & many who have won numerous Oscars. And if H'wood is so liberal why do we get so many pro-war, pro-violence, pro-promiscuious consumption & blockbuster movies?
Posted by: whiskeyboy | February 27, 2006 at 04:41 PM
If Brokeback loses I'll never watch the Oscars again. I still haven't gotten over Shakesphere in Love winning over the more deserving Saving Private Ryan. If Crash wins it will be because of homophobia and nothing else.
Posted by: Filmsnob | February 27, 2006 at 04:19 PM
It has been my observation that those who find "Crash" heavy-handed, "Brokeback" boring, are expressing subjective individual reactions to the respective methods of film-making that Haggis and Lee have at their disposal. Personally, I found "Crash" an over-schematic and often didactic representation of racism in Los Angeles, but it sure was exciting to see everyone acting their behinds off. "Brokeback" was undoubtedly over-deliberate and austere for modern tastes, but the filmmakers aimed for a faithful transference of Annie Proulx's prose into cinematic terms, and for this longtime fan of the original New Yorker story, they succeeded beyond expectations.
Rather than trashing other's opinions and projections, I prefer to be grateful that all five nominated Best Picture candidates, whether they work for everyone or not, are undeniably films of genuine ambition, substance and artistic merit.
Posted by: dorothy | February 27, 2006 at 02:52 PM
I know that many let their polictical or religigous beliefs get in the way when they see films like Brokeback Mountain, and there is not anything anyone can do to prevent that. What hopefully will prevail come oscar night is that fact that Brokeback Mountain is far superior a movie that it's main competition - Crash. Not because of what it contains a "gay cowboy story", but, instead that every single element in making this movie - the directing, editing (overlooked), acting, cenimatography, and a score that soars in all the right places is perfection. Nothing about this movie is less than the best, and that is why it should win best picture. This race shouldn't be voted on who has the stronger message, then it just turns into another debate that politicians so desperately live for, instead, it should be voted on who has the best quality and with that question there is only one answer - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN! When you see a movie let your views be left at the door, or else the movie gets lost for what it is - no matter what the subject matter. I wish that our society could let things that shouldn't even matter stay the way they are. If the only reason you don't see Brokeback Mountain or any movie is because of your views then that is pretty sad! Let the quality of this movie speak to you and let the story make your heartache, because if you do not a month or a week will go by that you don't think about it, and that is a movie worht seeing!
Posted by: Walker | February 27, 2006 at 02:12 PM
Uhm, pardon me ... how does Felicity Huffman's sole nomination (which isn't even seen as presenting a real threat to Reese Witherspoon's) and Capote, which is SO NOT "about" homosexuality, constitute a "glut" of "gay persecution" films? This perceived "glut" has to come from the admittedly juggernaut-sized space that Brokeback has managed to carve out for itself in popular culture, and so if an upset does occur then it has to be from a real sense of hostility to its presence.
I liked the movie, but it's definitely overrated. That being said, there have been plenty of overrated, even vapid movies that have gone on to become Oscar night darlings -- Titanic and Gladiator and Chicago in recent memory. An upset of BBM would be notable precisely because there would have to be a discussion of why the Academy _didn't_ "fall" for it.
I can't rightly accuse the Academy of homophobia because I don't know anyone who votes. But then I have to say ... After years of ignoring notable but controversial movies from directors like Spike Lee, it would be sad to see them award a movie "about race" just because they have something against an explicit same-sex love story.
Posted by: JP | February 27, 2006 at 02:10 PM
I truly hope that Crash does not win, largely because it wasn't a very good movie. Not only did it over-rely on coincidences, but its message about the "true underbelly of racism" was deeply trite. Minorities were already aware that people say and think ugly things about race, and I would like to believe that, by and large, white people were aware of this, too. Why, then, has Crash been hailed as such a revolutionary film? Am I wrong to believe that people are a bit more sophisticated about race than the Crash reaction would lead you to believe? And finally, I did not care for the metaphor. I've lived in L.A., and this notion of people interacting only via car accidents was silly and more than a little bit strained.
I think that BBM was a far superior film, not just because of the nature of the love story, but frankly, the deliberateness of the story telling. I actually thought it was a strength to watch the futility of the relationship play out over the long space of years. And the palpable pain in Health Ledger's eyes during the final scene -- wow! That was brilliant.
Posted by: Bluenote | February 27, 2006 at 01:49 PM
Since the question was asked twice and went without a response, I guess I will address it (from my point of view). No-- disliking BBM does not make you a homophobe! (I have a few gay friends who did not like it because... they didn't like it. That's the great thing about art-- it is personal.) HOWEVER, that said... the article was not about the existence of homophobia, even in liberal Hollywood and is there anough of it to prevent a movie that has won acclaim unparalled by any other movie this year from taking the Oscar for Best Picture. There was not this kind of speculation the year upperclass "Rose" fell in love with poor and impoverished "Jack" in 1997. Nope-- it was a slam-dunk. No one doubted Titanic would sweep up everything in its path, right? But you cannot, in this day and age actually believe there is not still a bias toward gays and lesbians in this country and if that is a criteria to how we choose the best of anything, then that is really sad. I personally, loved "Crash" and would not be upset to see it take the prize, but not if the reason it won was because it was the no-gay themed film and since everyone from the crtics to the guilds agree this is the best picture, it is hard to imagine anything else but homophobia being a factor. I'm just saying... the precedent has been set. If BBM doesn't win, what else could it be? (And before you respond with the upset of Shakespeare in Love over Saving Private Ryan, SIL did win a Golden Globe along with besting SPR for the WGA original screenplay award.
Posted by: Steve H212 | February 27, 2006 at 12:57 PM
It seems like anyone who did not love BBM is now considered a homophobe. You know, it is possible to dislike a movie without hating the subject matter. (If a member voted for Goodfellas instead of Dances with Wolves, would he be considered anti-Native American?) When I saw BBM all I could think of was, "That's it? That's what everyone has been raving about?" I imagine several AMPAS members are thinking the same thing, not because they are homophobes, but because they weren't all that impressed with the movie. It just plods on and on and on. At least other gay love stories (eg, My Beautiful Laundrette - made 20 years ago) had plots. As far at the "morality" of the movie goes, no one mentions that this is a movie about two guys who CHEAT ON THEIR WIVES for 20 years. We saw that in Same Time, Next Year over 25 years ago. How daring is BBM, really? That said, I'm expecting it to win. Oscars are a snapshot in history and it is reasonable for this to win. But I don't think it is in the same league as other "relevant" films like In the Heat of the Night or Schindler's List.
Posted by: MHS83 | February 27, 2006 at 10:37 AM
I think 've been waiting for a movie like this my whole life...
If Hollywood is so homophobic, BBM would have been snubbed in the noms. How homophobic is it to be awarded 8 noms and numerous industry awards? I'm sure there is a strong contingent of anti-BBM, but I doubt they will all rally round one of the other 4 pix, even Crash, which has been out of the limelight for a long time, despite the frenetic recent studio push. It is also darker and more preachy than BBM, which, despite the tragic ending, is in its own way uplifting. The question is, does Holloywood prefer a searing racial drama or a tragic tale of thwarted love? (I still have to go with the latter, although I don't think all AMPAS voters will be able to get past the sight of Heath Ledger mounting Jake Gyllenhaal like a trusty horse).
I have to say that I've noticed on those "rate a flick" sites, that BBM gets a rating of 10 out of 10 from about 80% of respondents and the next biggest category is 0 out of 10. C'mon, 0? I can't see any reason for the intensely visceral dislike of this movie by some people other than homophobia. Sure, I can see some people saying it's not that great (it's ok not to like a given movie), but why such rage?
Nevertheless, in case you missed it, Rob concludes by predicting BBM will win best picture anyway.
Posted by: Don | February 27, 2006 at 09:49 AM
I really hope the date for the Oscars can be moved up in the future. There is far too much time inbetween for people to start acting silly like this. It's becoming tedious.
Posted by: Michael | February 27, 2006 at 08:52 AM
In one word....excited. That was my feeling going into the theatre to see Brokeback mountain. Already a fan of Ledger and Gylenhall, I was also very impressed with Ang Lee's previous works. The clincher that sent me running to the movies, money in hand, to see the heartfelt masterpiece lauded as "the greatest love story ever," was the screenwriter Larry McMurtry. His works have delivered some of the most complex, passionate, and endearing characters in literature (e.g. Gus McRae, & Aurora Greenway) I was a Brokeback fan before I ever saw it.....Mind numbingly bored! Sorry, but I need three words to describe my disappointment in this film. The acting and cinematography held up to their expectations, both were beautiful. The story however was simply flat, unengaging, even drab. No one was moved by the gay love scene. It certainly was not any revelation, either Larry McMurtry or Ang Lee dropped the ball on this one, because at the end of the movie you dont really feel for the characters and you should. Character developmment was weak, the romantic connection was completely undeveloped and the audience is left to wonder where did all this come from and when is this plot going to start. It is clear that this is Hollywood's message movie to edify the American culture. But if indeed you support the message this movie intended, which is love is beautiful no matter who its between, dont hang your hat on Brokeback Mountain. Its a weak film and wont do your message the justice it needs. In the end courage may be the only quality Brokeback mountain ever had.
Posted by: awschux | February 26, 2006 at 10:35 PM
If on the morning of March 6th, we're all here discussing a Crash win for Best Picture then it will be an Absouletly Disgraceful Point in Hollywood History. Although Crash is a great movien in itself, it does not have the Courage that Brokeback Mountain has.
If Crash does win for Best Picture or any other movie except for Brokeback Mountain, then the Academy has to take a long look at itself in the mirror in justifing their vote. When it seems as if every credible film award - BAFTA, DGA, PGA, WGA & GG - has all gone to Brokeback Mountain. This Academy is indeed Homophobic, no question about that.
Posted by: Catesa | February 26, 2006 at 11:18 AM
There is no way that BBM goes home without Best Picture and Director. End of discussion...
Posted by: TorontoTom | February 26, 2006 at 04:55 AM
Get a life, Mr. O'Neill. There is no contest here. BBM has won everything in sight - NY & LA Film Critics, Golden Globe, BAFTA not to mention a sweep of the Guilds (Producers, Directors, Writers). Losing the SAG award to a film that deserved to win for the acting of its huge cast is nothing to get excited about. BBM is going to win Best Pic, Director, Screenplay and Score (possibly Cinematography). Then, I guess you'll be gushing about how you "knew it was a lock!"
Posted by: TorontoTom | February 26, 2006 at 04:31 AM
Unfortunately, I can see a definite case of homophobia costing BBM some votes, probably not enough to have it lose, but definitely a few. It would be a slap in the face of those involved with BBM to win practically everything but be denied the Oscar, and I hope it doesn't happen. Interesting article, Tom.
Posted by: Nick | February 25, 2006 at 08:05 PM
While I agree with stev4922 that precursor awards from industry groups are important, they are not locked in cement. We can learn from history yes, but part of that is also acknowledging that sometimes things are shaken up and if this year tells us anything - it's that anything can happen.
Posted by: Beth | February 25, 2006 at 11:54 AM
Gay friendly Hollywood. Well, not exactly. Hypocritical friendly.. more likely. Who was the conservative actor who said "Liberal Hollywood is the most hypocritical town in America. These people won't go to Colorado because of their AntiGay Laws, but they will go to CUBA and celebrate with Castro who persecutes and quarantines GAYS." Go figure...
Posted by: Saltydog | February 25, 2006 at 11:43 AM