I find the Oscars a gigantic bore of 1950s dancing and music, but I have developed a way of watching that speeds things up. I record the Oscars, then shoot through them, stopping only when I see the emcee. His appearance means that the next segment will be an actual award. If the award is for best lip-synching or whatever, I speed up again.
Every year there are complaints that White men have won too many awards--as if giving more awards to women, gays and people of color would change things. That approach has been tested, and it failed.
The real problem is that White men make 85% of the movies. Of course they win most of the awards. If green monsters from Mars made 85% of the movies, green monsters would win most of the awards. The problem is not awards. The awards are a symptom. Giving more awards to so-called minorities (soon to be a majority) will solve nothing. Gays, women and people of color should be financed to create more films. We will get better films that way. And the awards will come.
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