People who actually watch the Oscars embrace the goofiness and grandiosity and bloat of the ceremony. Why can’t the Academy? BilgeEbiri writes
Those of us who actually watch the awards embrace the goofiness and grandiosity and bloat of the ceremony. Why can’t the Academy? Photo: Handout/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images In a little over a month, the Oscars ceremony will be broadcast live on ABC.
Change in and of itself is not a bad thing. Over the past decade, the Academy has worked to broaden and diversify its ranks. This has been an overwhelmingly positive development. And I’ve always been fond of their 2009 decision to reexpand the Best Picture nominees to ten titles, which has made it a bit easier for smaller films to get into the mix. I was less pleased, however, with the decision to move the winners of the Lifetime Achievement Oscars to the Governors Ball.
So let me put it as clearly as I can: Someone who is angry that a film like The Power of the Dog was nominated for Best Picture over Spider-Man: No Way Home is not a person who has ever given a shit about the Oscars, and the Oscars should stop worrying about trying to get that person to watch the Oscars. Someone who gets bored at the idea of watching editors or sound mixers or production designers win awards is not a person who will ever be a member of your audience.
A major reason the Oscars have declined in viewership in recent years probably has to do with the recognized films themselves. That’s not to say that assorted pundits who are upset that Drive My Car and Coda were nominated for Best Picture over Spider-Man: No Way Home are right. But it’s true that the show has tended to do better ratings-wise in years when films like Titanic and Avatar and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King were real contenders.
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