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Why the future of the Oscars like movie-going itself remains uncertain
The Oscars have always been an.
Posted: Apr 25, 2021 10:07 AM
Updated: Apr 25, 2021 11:00 AM
Posted By: CNN
The Oscars have always been an ad for going to the movies, but as we head into this year s ceremony on Sunday, the future of movie-going and the Academy Awards themselves are as uncertain as they ve ever been in the show s 93-year history.
Popular box-office hits have been few and far between when it comes to winning Best Picture in recent years, so the films that have won may not be as familiar to general audiences as they once were. Now following a year that saw streaming emerge as a lifeline for studios with no other way to distribute their movies that seems to be even more the case. Going forward, some of the biggest winners of an awards show that celebrates going to the movies may be films that never see the inside of a theater.
Do most of the films nominated in the Oscars line-up this year really represent excellence in cinema?
When the 93rd Academy Awards aka the Oscars run live, take a moment to reflect and look past the bizazz and the pageantry, past the jokes or the woes of the film industry’s state of forced hiatus because of Covid-19, and past the self-congratulatory hoo-hah of racial and gender inclusion in the nominees.
Look past all of these aspects, and ask the question: do most of the films nominated in the Oscars line-up this year really represent excellence in cinema especially in a ceremony whose motto is to celebrate and award excellence (the word ‘excellence’ is repeated in press releases and speeches from the Academy).