WTF?
The Oscars were the only award show worth watching. Now they seem to want to increase the TV audience by making them more like (pardon the expression) the Golden Globes, which are a well-known joke.
1. Show stops at 3 hours. Period.
Good. Too often the show runs overtime. Get up, announce the category and winner, 3-second acceptance speech, and then move-on to the next category.
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2. Tech awards (sound, editing, etc) given during commercial breaks. Shit, those are the best ones for those who huddle in the trenches of This Town. Commercial breaks were the only advantage to renting a tux (they double the rates for that day) and hiring a limo (ditto) and actually seeing the damn thing in person. All the best jokes from the host were while the TV was paying for itself. Vicious sometimes, funny always.
Tech awards are only sexy to those in those fields. Most people don't know what or cares who a gaffer is. It's much like we don't know the name of the mechanic who worked on or care; we only care about the end product.
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3. New award: Popular Film. WTF? That's all they said. It'll reward the most popular film, and that'll get all the yahoos in drumpftown to watch. Too many arty movies in Best Picture, they said. (Those damn Academy members. How dare they nominate for quality instead of gross like all the others.) They didn't define popular. Maybe they're working on a metric (business school speak). World B.O. take? Number of trailer downloads? Most shirts sold?
Isn't that already reflected in gross ticket sales?
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4. Notice nothing about racial diversity, or appealing to people who watch for the awards, not the fabulous designer gowns. I guess those are SO last year.
Racial diversity will happen when producers/writers/directors start making movies that aren't just for white actors. IMO, most movies could be recast with all-Black actors, all-Asian actors, all-Hispanic actors and the story line wouldn't suffer. Unfortunately, Hollywood reverts to formulas to make moves remaking old movies for a new audience. For an industry that should be thriving on creativity they sure aren't very creative.