Oscar bait line is "Go for "Oscar Gold"!" In the British comedy series "Extras", actress Kate Winslet plays a caricature of herself desperate for an Oscar. During the episode, Winslet tells the character Andy Millman (portrayed by Ricky Gervais) that she took the role in the unnamed Holocaust film, claiming that films such as "Schindler's List" and "The Pianist" have "Oscars coming out of the arse". Later in the episode, Winslet also muses that "playing a mental" also guarantees an Oscar win. Winslet would later win her first Academy Award, Best Actress, for her role as an illiterate former Nazi in "The
Oscar Micheaux biography "Oscar Micheaux: The Great and Only" by Patrick McGilligan and was inspired to produce "The Czar of Black Hollywood" because Micheaux's life mirrored his own. Mack told "The Huffington Post" he was shocked that, in spite of Micheaux's historical significance, there was "virtually nothing out there about [his] life". The film's executive producer, Frances Presley Rice, told the "Sun Sentinel" that Micheaux was the first "indie movie producer." In 2018, Mack was interviewed by the news site "Mic" for its "Black Monuments Project", which named Oscar Micheaux as one of its 50 African-Americans deserving of a statue. He said