After Meryl Streep´s speech at the Golden Globes, the stage is set. Daily reports of fake news, actors, and actresses openly speaking out against a number of trump policies or just Trump himself and a general loathing of Hollywood for anything having to do with red states including MMA and Football. You might think that the Oscars are given out on merit alone but you are mistaken. They are sometimes used to make a policial statement, and this year could be full of surprises.

Travel Ban / Sales Man

Best Foreign Language Film

The Salesman by Asghar Farhadi is nominated for best foreign film. It is a drama that has gotten a wide range of positive reviews. The film itself is not overtly political but given the latest executive order also known as the “Travel Ban” that includes Asghar Farhadi´s home Iran it is a good bet to win this year around. What a bold statement it would be to give the award to someone that can not even pick it up the award in person because of the new travel restrictions. Right now The Salesman is a slight underdog at 2.18.

Don´t go la la, find the hidden gem

Best Picture

Hidden Figures is about black women (Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson) that worked at NASA as an important part of the math brains behind putting John Glenn into orbit. Anything from making complex equations on blackboards so high that you need a ladder to operating as so-called “computers”. The film does not only touch on race issues but also gender. There are times in the film when the main characters are blocked because of their skin color, gender or both. The film is able to have this jab cross one-two combination punch of politics without being overtly political. No fists in the air, dramatic speeches by civil rights leaders, or acts of violence. While La La Land is the clear favorite and will most likely win the most awards of the night. You have to ask yourself “What would make the biggest anti- Trump statement?” La La Land does not fit the anti-trump narrative and besides that the odds are crap at 1.16 vs Hidden Figures at 13.00.

Who has gone rogue Hollywood or Trump?

Oscar for Best Visual Effects

Oscar for Best Visual Effects Everyone likes Star Wars. The epic battle against the dark side of the force. This time around Rouge One flips the script on the old star wars films. If you think about “The Empire Strikes Back” one of the main stories is the macho jerk Han Solo getting the girl in princess Leia. The male dominated main characters save the day and rescue the princess. Just take a look at the poster and compare it to the Rouge One poster.



In Rogue One, it is the other way around. Han Solo is no longer macho but instead passive. Women take the lead and there is an underlying feminist tone. No longer is Star Wars about dudes with laser guns and spaceships rescuing helpless women. Will the Oscars give Rouge One the chance to be the calling card for Hollywood’s battle against the dark side´s leader Trump? Worth a bet at 5.80

Other possible bets:

“A Man Called Ove” bets film

“A Man Called Ove” by Hannes Holm who is from Sweeden for. Given all the talk about terror attacks and integration in Sweeden, it could be dark horse winner. This would give a platorm for the “what happnened in Sweeden” hashtag.

Denzel Washington best actor in Fences

The film itself has gotten mixed reviews but his performance has not. This could be another chance to get an anti- trump stab.

There have been a series of upsets in 2016 and 2017 is sure to follow. Brexit, Trump, Cavs win the NBA title, Nunes beats Rousey Nate Diaz beats Mc Gregor and the list goes on. Will the Oscars be a Black Swan event for Trump or just another La La run of the mill boring Hollywood event?

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