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Where is the outrage?

// October 12th, 2008 // No Comments » // bahai, media/communication

I just came across the following post which tells the story of how Russ Garcia, a prominent composer, “had been denied an Oscar due to a case of mistaken identity.”

What happened?
“The facts, … showed that Garcia had written orchestrations of Charlie Chaplin’s music for the Oscar-winning score of Limelight. Garcia also composed incidental music for the movie, and participated in the recording of the score. Yet the Oscar was given—probably due to confusion over names—to Larry Russell, who apparently had no involvement with the score.”

Russ Garcia who is a member of the Bahai Faith responds saying: ““I’m a Baha’i. It’s part of my faith never to be the source of grief to anyone. I didn’t want Larry’s widow or family or anyone to feel bad. I still don’t. I’ve won plenty of awards.”

Even though Garcia’s attitude is admirable it would be a pity and shame if the Academy Awards would neglect correcting this mistake and not award Garcia for his achievement and contribution to the world of music.