which was more shocking--Purple Rain not getting album of the year or The Color Purple not taking home a SINGLE Oscar?
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The Color Purple -- wasn't it nominated for 11 Oscars, and didn't get one single Oscar -- was beat out mostly by Out of Africa which had nothing more to say than, "I had a farm in Africa." The Oscars should've been banned after what happened that year -- it was a disgrace!

I was *SO* peeved at The Color Purple not taking away any Oscars. That still gripes my ass to this day.

Meanwhile, I think Prince cleaned up pretty well with Purple Rain...heck, at least HE won an Oscar!

THE COLOR PURPLE

My favorite movie off time, it was a CRIME that it didn't win something.

Okay, to this day my best friend makes fun of me over this movie. I cried 3 times throughout the movie. I loved THE COLOR PURPLE and yes it was an incredibly huge shock that it didn't win anything.

Enraging.

Miguel

Color Purple.

Steven Speilburg Said that it was the first time HE's experienced racism. (I had to edit this to add some context.) He was refering to how hard it was for him to get his demands met for making this movie, when previously the studios would give him anything he wanted. He wasn't saying it was rascism that he didn't win best director. BUT I AM.

To this day, that's the worse thing that ever happen in movie awards history.

I mean come on they even snubbed Steven.

Second would be Denzell Washington not getting an Oscar For Malcolm X. he was beat by Al pacino in one of his less moving performances in Scent of a Woman.?????


I didn't know Purple rain didn't get album of the year? What did?
Although That doesn't bother me seeing the albums that have won in the past. The have some total crappers on the list.
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The Color Purple.

Damn shame.



S

how they gave whoopi goldberg an oscar for playing a con artist spiritualist in Ghost and overlooked one of the most compelling performances ever as Celie in the Color Purple is mind boggling. Lionel Ritchie winning album of the year over PR and Springsteen is almost as baffling.

meltwithu said:

My sentiments exactly. When Whoopi won for Ghost I was like "...okay". I love her in that but it wasn't really Oscar worthy. The Color Purple was incredible.You should check her out in her one woman show on Broadway. It's old and it may be in one of your video stores. That was also an incredible performance.

Miguel

Eh. I'm not sure. Though I loved The Color Purple when I first saw it and read the book and all that, I can see why it got overlooked. When it comes down to the bare bones of it it's one of those movies that is feel-good for anyone who isn't black. At least it isn't blaxploitation.

CynicKill said:

How so? Care to expound?
Thanks!

S

Redayh said:

I shouldn't generalize too much, but it's more likely to make black folks mad and depressed (even with it's emotional uplift) then all the I-cried-so-much sentiment that white folks would have. And I'm not debunking the story, but the whole black-men-are-so-bad-to-their-women message probably plays better to other audiences.

Wow both were seriously snubbed
But I think The Color Purple got it worse
It hurts to get 11 nominations and all that critical
aclaim and then win nothing
that is why I dont like award shows

CynicKill said:

Okay, I got ya.
Thanks!

S

meltwithu said:

Rolling Stone voted Prince & Springsteen the most influential artists of the 80's. How the hell did Lionel Ritchie win the award with those lame-azz songs of his?