I am in general agreement that it will increase viewership of certain things that perhaps should be seen and in the general recognition of both quality and diversity (in the sense of showing people options they were not aware of as to things that might be worth a look)... TBH, though, a nomination or award is not something that will gene…
I am in general agreement that it will increase viewership of certain things that perhaps should be seen and in the general recognition of both quality and diversity (in the sense of showing people options they were not aware of as to things that might be worth a look)... TBH, though, a nomination or award is not something that will general move ME to do so... I am more likely to be moved by something that someone like yourself has written or said.
I believe that the Oscars have value on a few levels (as has been noted here)--I am not convinced that the show is necessarily something that can be maintained in a changing entertainment culture as a major event. This has less to do, I think, with the inherent value of the thing and more to do with the entertainment level of it.
and watching most of the speeches is actively painful to me as they are generally so bad (I used to teach public speaking at University). THAT is one of my major turn offs for the whole thing ;)
I am in general agreement that it will increase viewership of certain things that perhaps should be seen and in the general recognition of both quality and diversity (in the sense of showing people options they were not aware of as to things that might be worth a look)... TBH, though, a nomination or award is not something that will general move ME to do so... I am more likely to be moved by something that someone like yourself has written or said.
I believe that the Oscars have value on a few levels (as has been noted here)--I am not convinced that the show is necessarily something that can be maintained in a changing entertainment culture as a major event. This has less to do, I think, with the inherent value of the thing and more to do with the entertainment level of it.
and watching most of the speeches is actively painful to me as they are generally so bad (I used to teach public speaking at University). THAT is one of my major turn offs for the whole thing ;)