everyone's a rittle bit lacist

I wonder if Oscar voters see "Crash"'s anti-racism message (controversial!) as putting it in the same category as as the other political films I mentioned below? I hadn't thought about it, but it fits in nicely with "Brokeback" (not to mention "Transamerica" and likely "Capote," neither of which I've seen yet) in suggesting a more tolerant culture.

Maybe Oscar-bait movies like "Cinderella" and "King Kong" weren't divisive enough to let Hollywood send a message that it's fed up with the status quo, as we enter our sixth year of the Bush presidency?

If so, would that be a more or less futile gesture than Kerry and Co. making a big show of fighting the Alito nomination several days ago, and almost immediately losing a fight they never really had a chance to win? Food for thought. (And yes, I am incredibly frustrated about all of this, if you can't tell...)