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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
I get they’re pandering to the masses to try and bolster their pathetic and declining ratings but good lord. Have some standards or it cheapens the entire thing. And it was already a charade.
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I think that the Oscars have heavily changed their focus from movies to movie stars. Scrapping all the technical categories from the main show was a big tell to this. The focus is on the celebrity of the actors not the celebration of movies. Personally I find this extremely boring. Actors are only a piece of the movie, there is so much else that goes into a great movie. I have very little interest in the personal lives of celebrities including actors.
It was very interesting to hear Bon Joon Ho (director of Parasite) talk about his love for movies when he won and everyone else talks about their social cause. While it's admirable that many have a cause they are passionate about it's just another thing that makes the focus not about movies but about celebrity.