The State of Oscar. 020920. Cancelling The Oscars.

There is so much to dig through that this was intended to be two columns. But it's the day before Oscar and these pieces have sat on my desktop for two days and F.X. Feeney is dead and Orson Bean was killed while jaywalking at 91 and I don't feel like tearing anyone specific a new asshole.

But this issue needs to be discussed.

The Academy, like Hollywood,…