At heart it is a romantic comedy - and romantic comedies are hardly Oscar bait. But that’s why the film is so remarkable and even radical in terms of its award-season success. In comparison, the healthy, attractive, gifted young dreamers in La La Land don’t have much to complain about. Even Birdman and The Artist, the most showbizzy modern winners, plunged their heroes into valleys of depression and alienation. Best picture winners typically deal with the horrors of child abuse (Spotlight), slavery (12 Years a Slave), war (The Hurt Locker) and poverty (Slumdog Millionaire). But what hasn’t changed is that the Academy is still pulled in by the gravity of weighty dramas about serious issues. This year’s nominees are an impressively diverse bunch, with a lot more indie curios than there used to be in the line-up.
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