“Sinners” Mystique + Arkoff Legend Endures…Nay, Thrives

And yet Ryan Coogler’s exploitation film has been effectively dismissed in all major Oscar categories except, quite bizarrely, for Best Original Screenplay. (Unsuspecting vampires melt in the morning sunlight!…what a finale!) HE is overcome with joy and gratitude that the many Oscar noms Sinners is sure to accumulate will be ceremonial…basically for appearance’s sake.