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Film critics want triumphs. Audiences want to be entertained. Will Smith was a ridiculous, inauthentic disaster in King Richard, but won Best Actor anyway.
by MisterBastahrd 5y ago
Film critics want triumphs.
Audiences want to be entertained.
Will Smith was a ridiculous, inauthentic disaster in King Richard, but won Best Actor anyway.
- monocasa 5y agoThe critics don't decide the Oscars, the academy does. It's more a political thing than a statement of quality.
- MisterBastahrd 5y agoThe want the same dumb, boring, monotonous somber shit every year and the Academy largely votes the way the critics tell them to.
- monocasa 5y agoNo, all of the awards are pretty much lifetime achievement awards that happen to coincide with some movie. 'Sure it's not his best work, but he deserves an Oscar.'
- goto11 5y ago> the Academy largely votes the way the critics tell them to This is absolutely not the case. For example "Oscar campaigns" have significant influence on the Academy, and they happen after the critics have given their verdict.