Considering #OscarsSoWhite, sure. I don’t know what the big deal is, considering many thinkpieces were written saying it would lose just because it was a mostly black cast.

I can’t help but wonder if Moonlight were centered around a white gay teenager would it receive more praise than it is now?

What does it mean, “I didn’t want to go there”? The racial politics is pretty much the big conversation in Hollywood right now. 12 Years a Slave won on racial politics alone, as some of the people who voted for it hadn’t even seen it.

All the same, two Oscar voters privately admitted that they didn’t see ‘12 Years a Slave,’ thinking it would be upsetting. But they said they voted for it anyway because, given the film’s social relevance, they felt obligated to do so.”

Ellen Degeneres said:
“Possibility number one: ‘12 Years a Slave’ wins Best Picture. Possibility number two: You’re all racists.”

So what’s the big deal in bringing up two films about race? I’m not saying anything about the actual quality of the films, this is just the mentality of Hollywood at the moment.