Oscars 2019 is upon us, but do we even care anymore?
It’s that time of the year again – Oscar season. Does it excite us any more though? There was a time when film buffs all over the world cared about which movies an elite group of people chose, to set the bar for Hollywood as the best of the best. After monumental events such as #OscarSoWhite and #TimesUp, is this the case?
The Oscars haven’t exactly been representative of what regular moviegoers liked, or appreciated, in a long time. In fact, many would call the whole process of selection askew and unfair, and historically, it has kept its distance from risky choices. There is a reason people have had to call out the fact that only white people were nominated for the most prestigious awards over the years, while women weren’t considered for any role other than the ones that had the word “actress” in the title.