Oscars, nostalgia and Trump

Oscars tapped into power of nostalgia as counter to a divisive, racist tide that is sweeping US

But for the envelope malfunction at literally the last moment, nostalgia would have been the defining trait of the 89th edition of the Oscars last Sunday night in Hollywood.  Sure, as expected, there were pointed references — not complimentary — to the new American president, the once and current showman Donald Trump.  It was also a long-overdue acknowledgement of diversity in the world and in its films, but the overarching mood was of an evocation of memories and a search for new meanings, sometimes sweet, but at times melancholy as well.

Let us begin with the biggest winner of the