OTOH, I really enjoy the Oscars, or did. This move single handedly trivializes the need to increase diversity in mass media representations in popular culture, undermines substantive progress in actual diversity in film, invalidates otherwise quality films that don’t meet the obviously arbitrary standards, and (to the extent it wasn’t already) rendering the Best Picture Oscar meaningless.
If they needed diversity standards, would much rather have seen them apply to CEOs and aboard of Directors Of companies that make, finance and distribute Oscar nominated films. On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 2:28 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > I may have mentioned in the past how much contempt I have for award shows > in general, and the Oscars in particular. While I applaud the sentiment of > trying to increase representation, the idea that art can somehow be > dictated by percentages and qualifications is ludicrous at best and > disgusting at worst. If the Academy is trying to make itself somehow even > more irrelevant, this is an excellent step in the right direction. > > --Dave Sikula > > On Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at 7:21:31 PM UTC-7 [email protected] > wrote: > >> >> https://deadline.com/2020/09/8academy-shakes-oscar-best-picture-eligibility-1234573172/ >> <https://deadline.com/2020/09/academy-shakes-oscar-best-picture-eligibility-1234573172/> >> - Oscar Shakes Up Best Picture Eligibility Standards; Strict New Diversity >> Requirements Take Full Effect In 2024 >> >> >> What would this mean for films like Schindlers List, The Right Stuff, >> Braveheart, The Kings Speech or JFK? Maybe Spotlight. >> >> >> > > > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/9278c85b-d8c0-4af8-8c66-d2395643b906n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/9278c85b-d8c0-4af8-8c66-d2395643b906n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2BEsu8%2BDCvjEruU_hPb%2Bs4JRHiNwEXix2FzNakhfnWNWg%40mail.gmail.com.
