On first reading, I was as exasperated with this news as many others are. I'm not actually that interested in The Oscars either with the rampant gaming of the system through big budget For Your Consideration campaigns.
But I mellowed on reading this BBC piece explaining how BAFTA in the UK *has already *done something similar without me even noticing. From what I've read, the Academy has based its new rules quite a lot on what BAFTA has already done. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54082567 The BBC piece points out that movies like 1917 (pretty much 100% white male leads and co-stars) and The Two Popes (two white male leads) amongst other films both qualified through various other categories. So it's not as though the subject matter of films need to be limited. But productions may have to work a bit behind the scenes to qualify. What would really be interesting is to go back through recent nominees in the categories they're talking about and see just how many would already qualify. Adam On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 2:46 PM PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: > OTOH, I really enjoy the Oscars, or did. This move single handedly > trivializes the need to increase diversity in mass media representations in > popular culture, undermines substantive progress in actual diversity in > film, invalidates otherwise quality films that don’t meet the obviously > arbitrary standards, and (to the extent it wasn’t already) rendering the > Best Picture Oscar meaningless. > > If they needed diversity standards, would much rather have seen them apply > to CEOs and aboard of Directors Of companies that make, finance and > distribute Oscar nominated films. > > > On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 2:28 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < > tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> I may have mentioned in the past how much contempt I have for award shows >> in general, and the Oscars in particular. While I applaud the sentiment of >> trying to increase representation, the idea that art can somehow be >> dictated by percentages and qualifications is ludicrous at best and >> disgusting at worst. If the Academy is trying to make itself somehow even >> more irrelevant, this is an excellent step in the right direction. >> >> --Dave Sikula >> >> On Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at 7:21:31 PM UTC-7 steve...@gmail.com >> wrote: >> >>> >>> https://deadline.com/2020/09/8academy-shakes-oscar-best-picture-eligibility-1234573172/ >>> <https://deadline.com/2020/09/academy-shakes-oscar-best-picture-eligibility-1234573172/> >>> - Oscar Shakes Up Best Picture Eligibility Standards; Strict New Diversity >>> Requirements Take Full Effect In 2024 >>> >>> >>> What would this mean for films like Schindlers List, The Right Stuff, >>> Braveheart, The Kings Speech or JFK? Maybe Spotlight. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/9278c85b-d8c0-4af8-8c66-d2395643b906n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/9278c85b-d8c0-4af8-8c66-d2395643b906n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> >> -- > 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2BEsu8%2BDCvjEruU_hPb%2Bs4JRHiNwEXix2FzNakhfnWNWg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2BEsu8%2BDCvjEruU_hPb%2Bs4JRHiNwEXix2FzNakhfnWNWg%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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGBdpvHrrAqBbhr%2BgT8Qr%2B%3DAEE8cmDPZR%2BEGRY65%2BsR%2BYw%40mail.gmail.com.
