Oscars: Will Smith's slap shouldn't overshadow Coda's triumph – Scotsman comment

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If half the world wasn’t talking about Will Smith’s forceful slapping of comedian Chris Rock, the story of the Oscars would certainly have been about the winner in the best picture category, Coda. A low-budget, independent film, it tells the story of a hearing daughter in a deaf family who must balance helping them with her dreams of becoming a singer.

The film’s title, Coda, is an acronym that stands for Children of Deaf Adults. So it is fair to say that it made an unlikely Oscar winner, based on the ceremony’s apparent preference for films with big budgets and even bigger star names.

And not only did it win best picture, but one of its stars, Troy Kotsur, became only the second deaf actor to win an Oscar, for best supporting actor, and another was awarded for best adapted screenplay.

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