Yeah, they’re getting there. I think people are buying into the theory that they bumped the acting categories to the end to build hype for Chadwick, but I don’t know why they’d do it otherwise.
This tweet seems to sum up the feelings pretty well.
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Just to note, I think the person Tweeting is inaccurately stating the process of how supporting/lead is chosen. It's pure voter whims. The studio campaigned for Stanfield to be the lead of Judas and the Black Messiah and Kaluuya supporting. Now there is a 100% fair question to "If Judas and The Black Messiah are both supporting, who is the lead?".
This isn't to say that the main point is wrong at all.
While the Oscar voters as a whole have certainly been recognizing a greater number of actors/actresses who are people of color and movies that go beyond pure stereotype, voters do tend to reward white leads at the end of it all and, if I'm being honest, I still think that the Academy, on the whole,
tend to underrepresent films starring people of color and about topics or environments that are primarily of or about people of color. Especially if the topic isn't really dark. For instance, the lack of One Night in Miami is kind of shocking as I thought that was a noticeably better movie than much of the best picture slate and had several acting performances worthy of consideration. I thought it was the best movie among the slate of "one room dramas" in the field and Trial of Chicago 7 got the film nods and Ma Rainey got the actor nods (Ma Rainey deserved the actors nods tbh, but so did One Night).
I think it's possible to say both that Anthony Hopkins likely earned the hell out of this Oscar (I didn't watch it as a personal choice but everyone said he was amazing) and acknowledge that a black actor hasn't won Best Actor since 2006 and a black actress hasn't won Best Actress since 2001 (which I think is the only time with Halle Berry). I'm definitely not dismissing the point and think it's important to keep in the back of my mind at least as I watch the films (admittedly, my slate of winners may have been even more white and that's a reflection on my bias as much as anything...)
Edit: To the larger Oscars point, I thought the show kind of stunk. I really liked the intros in some spots, I REALLY missed the clips for actors and films, the reorganization was a nonsensical thing before and a disaster afterwards (lead off with Best Actor/Actress if you want to highlight it that bad, Best Picture should always end the show). The camerawork was all over the place. Every other major award show did it better with less time in my view.