DGA Nominates White Men, Variety Proclaims Diversity

Someone at Variety must have gotten very low SAT scores to write this headline:

Diverse crowd for DGA nominations

about 6 white guys nominated for best director of a feature film:

Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
Tony Gilroy – Michael Clayton
Sean Penn – Into the Wild
Julian Schnabel – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Actually DGA president Michael Apted, another known white male, is responsible for the “diversity” theme, as he noted that the nominated films were a diverse selection without any major studio blockbusters, such as last year’s winner The Departed. But that’s not quite what the headline says, now is it?

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