If the academy truly makes it's nominations and determinations based on talent and artistry, why should anyone have to campaign? The art should speak for itself. And further more I believe that there's more at play here.

1.) If Daniels was the director then he was the one who could have stood up for his "friend" and still decide to put her in "his" films? #SellOut

2.) What "powers" is Daniels referring
to? Creative Teams was information enough but to go a step further and say "powers". Common sense would say that a director should be able to decide who should play what parts so.long as it's in the budget... Right. So who's really pulling the strings?

3.) The fact that Daniels wouldn't not only elaborate but respond at all when she asked "What game is that?" I also another key into the subtext of their conversation. One would assume the politics of the #Oscars but something else altogether is being said here...

4.) When Mo'Nique speaks about why people in Hollywood may have not meshed well with her. She doesn't speak of being misunderstood, she speaks of knowing how to NOT BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF! Taken advantage of by who? How? In what way?

In conclusion we all know that there is a dark malevolent society in control of the upper echelons of Hollywood. And truth of the matter is this:

Mo'Nique refused to sell her soul. She refused to play "the game" to be taken advantage of and controlled and was blackballed. She's speaking out the safest way she knows how. She isn't the first to speak out and she won't be the last.