Speaking of the Atlantic divide, setting Better Man beside the recent Piece by Piece offers a rude measure of how differently music stars see themselves in the United States and the United Kingdom. The Lego documentary on Pharrell Williams,

“Forbidden Road,” written and recorded by Willams for Better Man, made the Oscars shortlist for Best Original Song this year. But it didn’t sound so original to the Academy. A representative for the Academy confirmed that it was disqualified from the category because it incorporates material from the existin 1973 Jim Croce song “I Got a Name.”