Muad'zin
Fractal Fanatic
I thought the show was fun! Not the best year for movies, but I can’t imagine how something as frivolous as the Oscars managed to offend so many people so deeply. Sort of fascinating how outraged people are able to get about their imagined idea of “Hollywood.”
Simple, most people dislike political correctness, half of the country identifies as liberal or leftwing, at least half of the electorate voted for Trump. Hollywood is full of PC, very liberal and very vocal about Trump. Since people don't like to be preached at, that is bound to offend some people. It's bad enough the Oscars get used to preach, it's worse if the movies get used to do so too.
The purpose of Hollywood is to entertain. People want to escape the daily grind of life by seeing a movie for a couple of hours. If they can't escape that daily grind in the cinemas then that is a mission failure for Hollywood. A lot of people feel like quit your preaching and start entertaining or else I'll take my money and find my entertainment elsewhere.