The Oscars were about a month ago, in which the public gets to see who is awarded the best in film. But what some people might be surprised to know is the history behind the famous golden statue.
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| From colorlines.com |
The golden statuette named Oscar is about nine pounds and made of about 24-karats gold. The truth is that Oscar was modeled by Mexican filmmaker, screenwriter, and actor Emilio Fernandez also know as "El Indio."
So, yes. All these Hollywood A-list stars are holding a Latino in his/her hand.
Accrording to Solvej Schou from Yahoo!.com the story goes like this:
If you also take a look at the people who chose the nominees only 2% are Latinos. No wonder there isn't much diversity on who wins such honor.
Another thing that caught my attention is the fact that in researching about the Oscar, no where did it mention in their website about who modeled the statue. Take a look and all they mention is the sculpture and the why of the name Oscar.
I think the model deserves a mention too. Just saying...
Well now you know. If one of these days you want to have a good conversation starter mention what I just told you.
Dixy
So, yes. All these Hollywood A-list stars are holding a Latino in his/her hand.
Accrording to Solvej Schou from Yahoo!.com the story goes like this:
The ironic thing is that only two Mexican actors have nominated for an Oscar, this according to colorlines.com. The site also states that "across all categories only 11 out of 2,809 Oscar trophies have been awarded to Mexicans— and they’re mostly behind the scene awards.""Working in Hollywood, Fernandez befriended Mexican actress Dolores del Rio, then wife of studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's art director and Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences member Cedric Gibbons. Del Rio introduced Fernandez to Gibbons, who was in charge of supervising the statuette's design.Gibbons asked Fernandez to pose in the buff for a sketch to create the basis for the 8.5-pound trophy. Reluctantly, Fernandez did, and the design became the foundation for artist George Stanley's famous sculpture of the statuette, given out at the very first Academy Awards in L.A. in 1929.
From oscars.org That design remains to this day."
If you also take a look at the people who chose the nominees only 2% are Latinos. No wonder there isn't much diversity on who wins such honor.
Another thing that caught my attention is the fact that in researching about the Oscar, no where did it mention in their website about who modeled the statue. Take a look and all they mention is the sculpture and the why of the name Oscar.
I think the model deserves a mention too. Just saying...
Well now you know. If one of these days you want to have a good conversation starter mention what I just told you.
Dixy
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