5 Reasons Why Jennifer Lopez’s Oscar Snub Is Bad for the Academy Awards

After a year at the movies that broke so many barriers for women and diverse filmmakers, the Oscar nominations on Monday morning felt in some ways like they were still stuck in the past.

And the Academy, which has been slow to embrace change, missed multiple opportunities to celebrate truly deserving artists while also making history.For example, if Awkwafina had been nominated for “The Farewell,” she would have been the first Asian American actress ever recognized in the best actress race in the 92 years of the Academy Awards.

(It’s unbelievable that that’s a real statistic.) Or, alternatively, if Greta Gerwig had been championed for directing “Little Women,” she would have been the first woman director to crack the category for a second time in her career.But for me, and much of Twitter, the snub that stung the most was the Oscars overlooking Jennifer Lopez for “Hustlers.

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