Academy members themselves have the ability to increase what sorts of flicks are thought-about Oscar contenders. One step would be to reject the preemptive hand-waving doled out to so many acclaimed films, a lot of them artsier or smaller-scale, that supposedly will never play with Oscar voters for little cause apart from tradition. Think of Jordan Peele’s Us, which won a number of crucial awards for Lupita Nyong’o’s twin efficiency but was ignored by the Academy. Or Lulu Wang’s The Farewell, a largely Chinese-language household drama that was rapturously obtained and financially profitable, but was disregarded even for Best Screenplay (where the sparsely written war drama 1917 took a spot).
Or Lorene Scafaria’s Hustlers, an R-rated drama that managed to become a genuine field-office smash, which couldn’t muster a nod for its a lot-awarded supporting actor Jennifer Lopez. You would possibly discover that these movies happen to characteristic girls and … Read More
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