I was very disappointed that Denzel didn't win Best Actor for The Hurricane because I thought he deserved it.
I have a worm's eye view and a bird's eye view simultaneously and it's immensely helpful to understand what is happening on the shop floor when you are harnessing many talents and telling an intimate story on a large scale.
The bedfellows politics made are never strange. It only seems that way to those who have not watched the courtship.