EEAAO -Hot Take on Oscars

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Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022 US) I know I posted this back in January but since its nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars I thought I would Comment on it some more. I am team Everywhere and here is why you should be too. I think the Academy has/d the best of intentions to elevate the best work. In reality that is not working out that way. To get a nomination a film producer has to expend a great deal of energy and money courting Academy voters with ads, mailers, billboards etc. Part of that includes in person, over a fancy meal, pitch sessions. There is an awful lot wrong with that and much that could and does lead to corruption. Getting even a nomination for your work whether it be Producer/writer or data wrangler increases your value by a lot. So when a rep sits down with a voter there is money on the table. Filmmakers have now been creating the "Oscar" film. A sort of signal to the Academy that they are open for biz. I think the "Oscar" film should be its own genre. I'm not saying its outright corrupt but there is certainly a wink nod there. I'm also not saying its everybody. Here is the deal with marginalized communities. Some producers get a bug up their butt about the Oscars and only work with noms or winners. Why? because that's a selling point to investors. Well how many black female directors have won an Oscar? So there goes the big money for them. This is not in any way allowing for the cream to rise to the top and frankly the audience suffers. Hell we all suffer. The Academy was clearly becoming irrelevant because it was putting forth only the Oscar film and excluding other really good films that deserved it more. Recently there has been a movement to push the Academy to get their poopoo together. Remember #OscarsSoWhite. There has been some movement and Everywhere is evidence of that. This is not in any way a typical "Oscar" film. I know some people didn't like it but it does deserve to be there and Hey it is there. Small progress for sure but it has to be encouraged. 
 

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