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Injustice before ‘Barbie’: When the Oscars’ ‘conservative heffalumps’ shunned ‘Brokeback Mountain’
The exclusion of Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie from their presumed award categories has sparked accusations of sexism in the Academy — a controversy reminiscent of the scandal 18 years ago surrounding a celebrated film featuring two gay cowboys