Preproduction has already begun on the Oscars. Ad time has been bought. It will air as scheduled. Unfortunately.
Kevin M. (RPCV) On Mon, Jan 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > There is an understandable debate going on in the Hollywood community over > whether the current awards season in general and the Oscars in particular > should be postponed or canceled. The sentiment is totally understandable of > course, though some of the arguments have been a bit incoherent (According > to the Wapo, Jean Smart called for the networks to cancel all award shows, > and then to donate the money they would have earned to fire related > charities). > > It’s probably too early to make a final decision about this, the Oscars > are scheduled for almost 2 months from now, And people may feel a lot > different about this in March than they do right now(Hopefully a little > better ). I know from personal experience that when you are evacuated or > about to be evacuated, it’s hard to think about anything else, but a week > after that’s over all the little and medium things you usually think about > come back into focus, with a special attention on finances. > > We are getting close to what might be a necessary announcement about > delaying it a couple of weeks. Many have suggested they could use the > telecast as a way of raising money for the Red Cross and other likely > candidates. Through some strategic tone management, they could take the > edge off of what will Inevitably the discordand sound of self indulgence > and self congratulation. > > The problem with canceling of course is it would hurt most the very > people who it would be meant to help. Even relatively well known > celebrities in Southern California are merely affluent, not super rich, And > for those people losing their home, especially in the fucked up insurance > environment currently reigning in California, is a financial disaster. But > most of the people who work in the film industry and who work for the > Oscars, are middle and working class folks who also are struggling with the > devastating fires, and for whom the Oscars represent a major part of their > income every year, either because they directly work for them or associated > events or because they worked on small and medium size films that would > benefit from promotion at theOscars. > > It’s not impossible that, seven weeks from now the fires are still raging > in or somewhat out of control or that the death rate has risen to triple > digits, and maybe it will really just be impossible for the show to go on. > My vote, however, would be to do as much as possible to put on the show and > use it to offer moral and financial support. > > > https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2025/01/13/oscars-grammys-awards-season-la-fires/ > > > https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/2025-oscars-ceremony-los-angeles-fires-suggestions-1236107760/ > > > > > 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 visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJdp9kutM%2Bpr00FipEyBXJoqMtvEdDOzJJBKCKSEnUSuw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJdp9kutM%2Bpr00FipEyBXJoqMtvEdDOzJJBKCKSEnUSuw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4CY0Q6Yf8mQb9G7qyZ22jDyJCGOkZJUZigAaTmsPpkY3g%40mail.gmail.com.
