Pre-Oscar buzz:
"So, as we await the judgment of the exalted Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences -- don't you wonder what sciences these are, exactly? -- to discover which, if any, of the
queer-themed stories or performances will enter the pantheon of Oscar winners, we're left once again to ponder the wider significance of all this hoopla. As reporters and critics have been asking now for weeks, does this represent a shift in the cultural landscape, a truce in the cultural wars? Or is it all about marketing, PR and the media fascination with the latest Big Thing that will surely be succeeded by the Next Big Thing?"