In times of crisis or injustice, when faith is tested and little makes sense, people often turn to a higher power for guidance. So, Sunday night when the awards made us doubt our faith in the Academy (again), we looked towards its creator and asked ourselves "What Would Oscar Do?" And we're pretty sure He would have GIVEN THE AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS TO RUBY DEE for her role in American Gangster. We have nothing against Tilda Swinton in Michael Clayton. But Ruby Dee is on another level. At 84 years old, Ruby's still got it and  looked better than most of the people in the Kodak Theater.

She's made nearly 100 films, including the original Raisin in the Sun, performed in plays, recorded CD's and written books. She and her late husband Ossie Davis opened the doors for countless black actors. And the Academy loves black actors! (Well, maybe love is a little strong since over the last eighty years four black men have won for Best Actor and one black woman has won for Best actress. But they definitely like them.) Plus Ruby and Ossie were real activists: they attended the March on Washington, Ossie delivered Martin Luther King AND Malcolm X's eulogies, they defied McCarthyism and were blacklisted, and got arrested to draw attention to police brutality in the 1990s when they were in their 70s and 80s. Tilda's speech was cute and all. Who doesn't like a joke about George Clooney's nipples or the resemblance between a real person and the Oscar statue. Of course we'll never know, since this was  probably Ruby's last chance to get an Academy Award ever, but we think that Ruby's speech would have  been a little more inspiring and substantive.  And of course, saving the greatest injustice for last, Ruby's dress was waaaaaaay nicer than Tilda's.