90th Academy Awards: Banal, conformist and 10,000 miles from reality By David Walsh 6 March 2018 The 90th Academy Awards ceremony Sunday night, as one media commentator observed, “passed off without a hitch.” How unfortunate. No award presenter or recipient spoke “off-message.” No one had anything trenchant to say about American society or culture. … Continue reading 90th Academy Awards: Banal, conformist and 10,000 miles from reality