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Originally Posted by Paul M
A bunch of people full of their own self importance, for films that get further and further away from what the majority of the public watch each year.
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Most of the Best Picture nominees were box office successes as well. They're not on the scale of Star Wars or Marvel films but they make a lot of money, cost a lot of money, and have wide releases. These weren't art house films.
Award shows a bit of a nonsense of course but they've never been a measure of what sold the most tickets.
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Originally Posted by Mick
Oscars TV ratings plunge again on last year to an historic low according to LA Times.
Liberal and Virtue self signalling on an award show is not a winning formula.
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The Oscars have always been liberal. It's probably more to do with the general decline of TV watching in favour of things like Netflix and YouTube. Also something like the Oscars isn't even going to be time-shifted because once you know the results, who cares?