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Despite its reputation for systemic racism and favouritism, the Oscars remains every movie maker and actor’s aspiration.

Cynthia Erivo–Ariana Grande performance

Putting on a true theatrical show, from costumes to the performance itself, the minimalistic approach to the stage highlighted the gravitas of the duo’s voices and their significance in the movie.

Meanwhile, Erivo swapped her emerald green custom made Louis Vuitton red carpet gown for a floral-embellished white princes gown by Vivienne Westwood.

The stage was then followed by Erivo’s rendition of Home from the 1978 film The Wiz. The prima donnas then performed Defying Gravity from the latest film Wicked as a symbolic musical nod to constant exploration of the emerald world.

The very bare and intentional performance was made special with statement dresses and immaculate singing.

Ever since the start of the awards season, Emilia Perez has been talk of the town and all for the wrong reasons. Having won multiple awards and breaking records, the movie is embroiled in controversy for being tone deaf — figuratively and literally.

Emilia Perez was also condemned for winning over Wicked, especially in the music category — as the latter was a virtuoso musical.

“I am very, very sorry that you and so many Mexicans felt offended. That was never our intention,” said Saldana, adding that she is open for dialogues on how the movie could have been better.

The many wins of Emilia Perez may have been the film fratenity’s backfired attempt at being inclusive. Awarding a film that is technically inferior to its counterparts is the picture-book example of being performative. The “inclusivity” of Emilia Perez was not without its controversies — perhaps, award shows should be more socially aware when screening their winners.

A half circus and half Broadway show, the Oscars’s main discourse was — obviously — snubs and wins.

Instead the Oscar for Best Actor went to Adrien Brody for his role in The Brutalist, which was met with disdain as netizens chimed in that it should have gone to Chalamet or Sebastian Stan who played a convincing Donald Trump in the movie The Apprentice.

Many shared concerns that using AI in movie making takes away the humanity aspect in film — other than that, the actor was also ridiculed for giving a very lengthy speech after winning the award.

A much welcomed win, Wicked picked up the Oscar for Best Costume Design, making the movie’s costume designer Paul Tazewell the first Black man to win the statuette.

The Gaza-Israel conflict documentary No Other Land took home an Oscar for Best Documentary. The directors, Yuval Abraham and Basel Adra, addressed the conflict, called for ceasefire and challenged the fraternity for its dystopian facade.

All in all, the night was a reflection of Hollywood’s ever-evolving identity — a place of artistry, activism and, inevitably, contradiction of its ethos.

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