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Best Picture Potentials Offer a Time Capsule of the Current Zeitgeist

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Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentOscars are a time capsule. Though pundits may quibble about nominees or winners, one thing is beyond question: The film choices reflect the year in which they were released.For example, in 1946, “The Best Years of Our Lives” hit a nerve as people were trying to rebuild their lives after WWII.

The 1969 “Midnight Cowboy” captured all the sexual confusion, excitement and fear of that tumultuous decade.This year’s contenders similarly reflect the moment we’re living in: a time of racial tension, gender battles, political wars, health issues and an overriding sense of doubt and isolation.

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