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Michael Schulman

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Are Hollywood’s Jewish Founders Worth Defending?

Jews in the industry called for the Academy Museum to highlight the men who created the movie business. A voice in my head went, Uh-oh.

by Michael Schulman via The New Yorker on July 17, 2024
What Became of the Oscar Streaker?

After Robert Opel dashed naked across the stage in 1974, he ran for President and settled into the gay leather scene.

by Michael Schulman via The New Yorker on January 30, 2023
Fatty Arbuckle and the Birth of the Celebrity Scandal

A murder charge, a media frenzy, a banishment, and accusations of sexual abuse in Hollywood. What can the Arbuckle affair, now 100 years old, teach us today?

by Michael Schulman via The New Yorker on September 30, 2021

Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears

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What the Oscars Represent: Meritocracy Without Merit

How the institution’s reactionary origins still leak into today’s film culture.

by David Hajdu via The Nation on March 8, 2023

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