Those political moments have become expected, even if they’re not part of the Academy’s official plan, let alone the event’s purpose. They’re the ones making it harder to get a college education and making a liberal arts one an exorbitant boondoggle. The head of the GOP couldn’t be a starker embodiment of the bigotry, misogyny, and general lack of principle that can fester in the absence of a liberal arts education. Film is an art, and the arts teach us how to be human. That said, I think we can all agree that Crash winning Best Picture in 2006 was a stinker.