Oscars avoid political message

The Iraq war film The Hurt Locker has won this year's Oscar for Best Motion Picture. But once again the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has refrained from sending political messages, writes the online edition of the daily Dnevnik: "On receiving the Oscar [for Best Original Screenplay writer Mark Boal] thanked the soldiers for their service, but that was about all this year's Academy Awards had to offer in the category 'Use the limelight for political messages'. The same was true of the Academy members' decision to award five Oscars [sic] to The Hurt Locker. As in the past, the Academy refrained from sending political messages to politicians or the public. The war film's triumph this year was possible precisely because it is politically neutral, and the Iraq war is no longer a taboo subject. Once more, the Academy has confirmed an unwritten law."

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