Oscars 2020 • Page 59

This is a cool step in the right direction, but my big gripe is with A3. Just because a movie is about an underrepresented group doesn't mean that it's doing it well.

 

Love that, definitely a step in the right direction

 

Agreed. The shitty part of the internet must be losing their mind right now and you know what? I'm not even gonna look for it. Fuck 'em/

 

the only person I saw was Kirstie Alley which lol

it's a great idea but it's definitely gonna be super noticeable when they start making war movies with women and I'll be like

 

I think some people don’t get that movies by/about white women would still perfectly fit here lol

 

You are going to find a tremendous amount of female and/or LGBT people in those craft categories, so they just have to fill 1 of the other 3 boxes. A racist travesty like Green Book passes this test.

 

I dunno, I guess I'm happy that they're doing something, but like... I'm pretty sure both Green Book & Crash would qualify under these criteria? As was already stated, meeting these criteria =/= doing it well. And, it's not even a particularly difficult bar to clear? And, doesn't actually directly impact nominees in the acting categories?

It still ultimately falls on the Academy to actually pay attention & do a better job at honoring a variety of creative voices.

 

If we want more diverse stories in cinema it matters more who the studios are hiring to tell stories than who the Academy is awarding. While well intentioned these rules don’t do a lot for me.

 

Yeah, these rules are surface level requirements. If they really want to help things, they’d require diversity at the “most important” roles: writers, directors, actors, etc...

 

or use the academy's power to influence/encourage the types of movies getting made going forward

 

If they really wanted to mix things up, require a studio to produce a certain percentage of films that have been directed and/or written by underrepresented groups for any of their films to be eligible for any Academy Award.

The best way to increase representation on screen would be to increase the diversity of people involved in the creative process. Greta Gerwig, Jordan Peele, and Barry Jenkins have made great films that expose people to perspectives that you are not nearly as likely to get from a white male filmmaker.

The main reason straight white men make films about straight white men is because they have those experiences. Scorsese's mob films or Baumbach's films about coastal writers/playwrights or Sofia Coppola's about ennui in the face of privilege all are informed by their backgrounds. Conversely, only Gerwig could have made something like Lady Bird.

 

The last time I knew happiness.