We didn’t get a Sacheen Littlefeather moment, a spontaneous show-stopping bit at the Oscars where a statement is made that calls the Academy to task.
But we did get impromptu pizza runs and spontaneous selfie-taking.
The unscripted moments were more silly than not.
Certainly, not like the one where in 1973, Marlon Brando, the winner of the Best Actor award for “The Godfather,” gave up his time to Littlefeather, a Native American activist, who then used it to speak out against the treatment and portrayal of American Indians in the film industry.
In more than 40 years, Native Americans are still under-represented. And we still have Hollywood giving us films where Johnny Depp plays Tonto.
But I don’t want to downplay the surprising diversity Oscar actually displayed Sunday night.
This year, the Oscars honored some tremendously talented people of color—for a change.
