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lilORANG posted...

Correct. Also many of those 10000 members have acknowledged they don't watch all the nominees anyways and vote for whoever their buddies are part of. The campaign behind an Oscar win is often more fascinating than the movie itself.

i think the academy's attempt to diversify in the wake of metoo and oscarssowhite is pretty cool tbh. they've added thousands of younger people and international voters while shedding the old white dudes who were grandfathered in. they publish who is invited each year. obviously campaigning is a huge part of it but that's just the name of the game. and it isn't like its a bad thing. neon is very good at it and parasite won. that was a watershed moment. same with a24 and moonlight/eeaao. like is it bad we are seeing more diversity in terms of representation and movies doing well?

i mean i don't really love this year's lineup but it is decidedly not oscar-y compared to what you'd see in the 90s when weinstein was running hollywood. poor things is weird yorgos shit. past lives is an extremely lowkey romantic drama. zone of interest borders on experimental at times (and isn't in english). the holdovers is a shaggy throwback to 70s dramedies. barbie is a candy colored comedy. anatomy of a fall is a foreign movie and we've seen a huge uptick in those being nominated in the last few years.

idk. i just don't see how this inherently draws in more viewers man