Oscars announce that films will have to
meet 'representation and inclusion'
requirements if they are eligible
to win Best Picture
Daily Mail (UK),
by
Brian Gallagher
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
9/8/2020 11:08:42 PM
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced a sweeping new diversity measures that holds film productions and studios accountable for promoting inclusion. The diversity initiatives will go into effect with films released in the year 2024, which will be recognized at the 96th Oscars in 2025. Films vying for Best Picture in 2022 and 2023 will be required to fill out a confidential Academy Inclusion Standards form, though meeting inclusion thresholds will not be required for Best Picture eligibility until 2024.(Snip) 'The aperture must widen to reflect our diverse global population in both the creation of motion pictures and in the audiences
Reply 1 - Posted by:
SALady 9/8/2020 11:13:12 PM (No. 535224)
As professional sports is quickly learning, go woke, go broke!!!!
And I sure hope they totally succeed with that "go broke" part!!!!!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
klezmer 9/8/2020 11:15:08 PM (No. 535226)
If you told me 30 years ago that this was going to happen, I would have laughed in your face.
21 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
Omen55 9/8/2020 11:17:38 PM (No. 535228)
I'm sorry but in order to meet the new standards you white privileged actors will just have to take a big pay cut & smaller roles.
You understand.
Or
Frak the Oscars I want my movie to make $$$ so FO!
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 9/8/2020 11:17:53 PM (No. 535229)
And this, hopefully, will be the end of the Academy Awards - and shortly after that, the end of Hollywood.
I can't wait.
53 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
gramma b 9/8/2020 11:19:19 PM (No. 535230)
It's no longer entertainment. It's propaganda. Welcome to the Soviet States of America.
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No more great films like "Driving Miss Daisy"...unless of course it is a white guy driving Miss Daisy. Maybe this Miss Daisy could be a rising rap star.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
subal 9/8/2020 11:24:09 PM (No. 535237)
Here's a nomination for neighbors helping out a business:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1267204283339911168
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
NeverVoteDem 9/8/2020 11:27:37 PM (No. 535238)
Sports are dead to me. Oscar who? Don't care. I can wait for Netflix unless the Obola's and the Markle's ruin the company.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
seamusm 9/8/2020 11:28:10 PM (No. 535239)
The Oscars long ago became 'woke' to the point of being unwatchable - so I haven't and have no interest in ever seeing it again.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
mc squared 9/8/2020 11:29:27 PM (No. 535241)
I admit I was wrong. Hollywood hasnt seen the bottom of the barrel yet.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
leonardo 9/8/2020 11:31:55 PM (No. 535242)
What if NOBODY watched the Oscars? I am SURE that you can spend that time that you would have watched in a more enjoyable or productive way ... and think of all of the commercials that you might have missed. Give the finger to those rich Hollywood snobs
and their BLM-Loving advertisers who have only disdain for the "deplorables." HIt em where it hurts.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 9/8/2020 11:35:28 PM (No. 535246)
No more movies like 'Shakespeare in Love' or 'The English Patient' will win. Maybe 'Rufus in Love' or 'The Ethiopian Patient'?
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Trigger2 9/9/2020 12:20:19 AM (No. 535263)
I've always known movies are really propaganda pieces. Now that how many "diversity" movies there's going to be, I'm triple glad I don't go to the movies anymore. Let Tinseltown eat cake.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
PChristopher 9/9/2020 12:22:20 AM (No. 535264)
One more reason to forget the Oscars and Hollywood in general.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
marbles 9/9/2020 12:28:38 AM (No. 535267)
Agenda driven, anyone surprised? In " Hamilton" , white founding fathers played by black men. Would a bio of MLK have King played by a white man? Of course not. Actresses are referred to as " actors". People used to "win" the Oscar, for years now it's been " The Oscar goes to....." so as not to hurt anyone's feelings.With so many awards shows it seem like it all about participation trophys. Everyone gets something.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
DARling 9/9/2020 1:25:13 AM (No. 535289)
I used to wait every year to watch the Academy Awards, back when good films were still being judged by honest criteria. I haven't watched one of those train wrecks in years. Just a bunch of self-absorbed "stars" who think the whole world cares about their stupid opinions on race relations, global warming and politics in general. The Academy Awards can join major sports franchises on the ash heap of American history.
7 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
Elljay 9/9/2020 1:31:27 AM (No. 535290)
By 2024, Hollywood, like the NBA, will be a fully owned subsidiary of the Chinese Communist Party. So I cannot wait to see if the patriarchal misogynist white male oppressor racist fascist Oscar statuette will still be the award handed out. Since Oscar sports no face or genitalia, however, it will no doubt remain as the industry’s top achievement symbol, though a snappy Mao hat might add some needed woke flare.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
BooneBoy 9/9/2020 1:44:27 AM (No. 535294)
They should quit pussyfooting around and just fire every white person, men and women who have any connection to the movie industry. There, now the problem is solved. The minorities can fight over how much each can control.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
NotaBene 9/9/2020 2:28:40 AM (No. 535302)
Inclusion up yours baby.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Timber Queen 9/9/2020 3:28:02 AM (No. 535312)
#17 - I was thinking the opposite: by 2024 we will be at the end of President Trump's second term, and hopefully facing 4 more years as reparations for his first term that was criminally obstructed. Hollywood will have to adapt to the new MAGA culture or die. I'm betting the Benjamins will sway them, if not common sense or their financial backers. The White talent that they cut loose are not going to sit at home and cry, at least not the self-directed conservative ones. Hollywood was necessary for the movies 100 years ago due to its climate and number of sunny days. Just like big business has found they no longer need to concentrate hundreds of workers in downtown high-rises, movie makers are no longer tied to Southern California. Good old American competition will either revive Hollywood, or the work and profits will go elsewhere.
I find it rather ironic the Hollywood "woke" elite are instituting production codes. The same industry that chaffed under the Hayes Commission from the early '30s until they overthrew it in the 1960's, now has their commie codes to replace them. I guess it all depends on who makes the rules and when they are made. Most importantly, people who don't like the rules can find another game...especially in Trump's America.
MAGA - Whether they like it or not.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Strike3 9/9/2020 4:02:08 AM (No. 535318)
Wow, a drowning industry punching holes in their own boat. Judging from the garbage they put out for the past few years, they are not "Best" at anything no matter how many black and brown faces they put on the screen.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
KatieJo 9/9/2020 5:07:47 AM (No. 535330)
It is already very difficult to find a decent movie without filth or a leftist agenda. Gonna get worse, back to PureFlix.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
anniebc 9/9/2020 5:20:09 AM (No. 535336)
An Oscar for the Oscars; if they last long enough. Good riddance.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Rather Read 9/9/2020 5:36:26 AM (No. 535343)
If the box office drops enough, they will change their minds. I plan to contribute to that drop. I have a large collection of good DVDs. I'll stick with them.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
mifla 9/9/2020 5:41:35 AM (No. 535346)
Oscars - liberals giving liberals awards. Conservatives need not apply.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 9/9/2020 6:12:02 AM (No. 535375)
What's an Oscars?
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
hoosierblue 9/9/2020 6:18:32 AM (No. 535379)
It's been that way for years. Hasn't anyone been paying attention?
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Paperpuncher 9/9/2020 6:49:14 AM (No. 535397)
Who cares? If hollywood made new entertaining movies people would go see them. I thought the purpose of making films was to entertain. I guess not anymore. woke garbage is woke garbage and we wont spend our money on it. No one cares about the oscars except the hollywood elite and all I have to say to them is UP YOURS!
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
LaVallette 9/9/2020 6:57:57 AM (No. 535404)
But then both Stalin in the Soviet Union and Hitler in Nazi Germany condemned and made life extremely difficult for everyone in all the Creative Arts fields for failing to follow the Party directions concerning the production of artistic works that advance the politically correct agenda. Fascist of every sort regardless of their Era and the color of their uniform, always find that to advance the agenda they have to curtail and muzzle the Human Spirit in all its forms.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 9/9/2020 7:57:02 AM (No. 535452)
I used to think that all of these people were just dying to shoot themselves in the foot. But no, it's their head.
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