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Oscar darling ‘Sinners’ might be the perfect movie for our trying times

A place haunted by hardships

Tonight — the Oscars. Stuff like the vampire flick “Sinners.” Takes place during the Jim Crow South. Now what’s better entertainment for a country with: seniors aging, incomes falling, prices rising, work diminishing, residents moving, thieves robbing, stores closing, patriotism waning, spring coming, poverty approaching, families disappearing, workers striking, schools protesting, immigrants marching, Jews fleeing and Hollywood wobbling.

Hollywood. Land of the free, home of the craven. The USA’s falling on its behind, but movie people are voting in push-up bras.

Not every entry Oscar maybe name’s 100% red-hot. Some have the excitement of a manhole cover. So let me tell you about a former awardee. All true. I know this as a fact:

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