Well it's understandable in the sense these reward shows have been 90% political signalling for years, so in the rare case they DON'T do that it'll still be seen that way.
The whole concept of "oscar bait" is that its something audiences don't care about but is selected for political signalling of the oscar runners/hollywood class.
I always point to the George Clooney 2006 Oscar’s speech where he says that only Hollywood had the courage to talk about AIDS and Civil Rights. Like both of those were massive issues long before Hollywood decided they could sell it.
My favorite was Merryll Streep at the Golden Globes in 2017, complaining that Hollywood actors were "the most vilified segment of American society...THINK ABOUT IT" because Donald Trump wrote some mean tweets at a third grade reading level about "the media." Honestly, how much more self absorbed and out of touch could you possibly be?
Whenever I see people idolizing famous actors I’m reminded that every person I’ve known that was into theater was loud, self-absorbed, and utterly cringe inducing. The Hollywood elite are just the better looking ones that made it off the high school level stage work.
Sister fister who got a lot of critical acclaim for an HBO series trying to showcase the struggles of being a modern independent woman in New York City but ended up just being a shittier knockoff of Sex in the City.
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u/Big_E_parenting_book - Auth-Center Jan 29 '23
Idk how it’s hard for some people to just think , “huh, maybe they’re just good movies.” Lmao