More inclusive Oscars

AT A time when everything from the Super Bowl and the Grammys to Fashion Week and shopping at Nordstrom has taken on partisan meaning, it stands to reason that at tomorrow’sAcademy Awards ceremony, we will reach Peak Everything is Political. The Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, whose

is nominated for best foreign language film, won’t be attending in protest of President Donald Trump’s proposed executive order regarding travel from seven majority-Muslim countries.

After some uncertainty about whether they would be able to enter the US, the Syrian first responders who are the subjects of

have said they will be there to receive their Oscar, should the film win for best documentary short. Already, the musical the best picture frontrunner with a record-tying 14 nominations. There are also films about the white working class ( –The Washington Post