It is not a "perfect world" as the Academy Awards are still "rigged" in the favour of white folks, says horror master Stephen King in his response to the criticism he faced over his tweet about not considering diversity when nominating films and writers for Oscars.
The bestselling author recently courted controversy over his tweet that, "For me, the diversity issue as it applies to individual actors and directors, anyway did not come up. That said I would never consider diversity in matters of art. Only quality. It seems to me that to do otherwise would be wrong."
"... and about the only female director in Hollywood was Ida Lupino, who made hard-edged noir B pictures in the 1950s and later worked in television. Her directing work was never nominated for an Oscar or an Emmy."
"It would be absurd to dispute that and equally absurd to apologize for it. The first two traits are genetic, and the last two are the work of Time the Avenger."
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