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From the Emmy Awards to Toronto, from Telluride to Sundance, from "War in the Pacific" to "Buried Alive" to "Crazy Love", in just half a year, Renly completed an incredible triple jump , just like a comet hitting the earth, appeared in the sky with a dazzling appearance, and received the first Oscar nomination in his career amidst the praise.！
At this time, Renly was only twenty-one years old..
When people re-browsed the list of nominations for the acting category of this year's Oscars, they found that the collective advantage of "Generation Y" has arrived, but it is far from being as strong as the media exaggerated. The strong rise of the new generation has encountered the American Film Arts and Sciences The college's dull stick is like a gust of autumn wind, passing by desolately.
Fourteen-year-old Hailee Steinfeld, twenty-year-old Jennifer Lawrence, thirty-year-old Michelle Williams, and twenty-nine-year-old Natalie Portman, these are the four actresses in the department. nominees.
Twenty-seven-year-old Jesse Katzenberg and twenty-one-year-old Renly Hall are the two nominees in the Actor category..
Among the twenty nominations for leading actors and supporting actors, "Generation Y" occupies six seats. With such momentum, it has created the best record in the 21st century, but it is still slightly inferior to the Golden Globe Awards..
Even the actress department is no exception.
In the Supporting Actress category, which always likes to reward young actresses, only Hailey was an upset nominee. In the Leading Actress category, the average winning age is 37 years old, not to mention that this year there are three winners under the age of 30. actresses have won nominations, the lowest average age in the past decade.
Then, let alone the leading actors whose average winning age is forty-three, and the supporting actors who have been relegated to nursing homes. After entering the Oscar nomination list, only two "Generation Y" actors appeared. list, which is a far cry from the strong momentum that has been building throughout the awards season..
It's like a pot of boiling water poured into the thick snow. This result is really disappointing..
In fact, for real professionals, it doesn’t feel strange at all. It even takes it for granted. It is completely expected..
Wherever there are people, there are tendencies, and even the Oscars are no exception. With more than 6,000 Academy judges, the Oscars have tried their best to be fair and authoritative, but bias is still inevitable. After all, the Oscars are still a country that belongs to hollywood awards ceremony.
Historically, there have been constant controversies about the Oscars.
For example, white people occupy the absolute leading role, and ethnic minorities represented by blacks, Latinos, and Asians are always disadvantaged groups, not to mention that so far, there are still no Chinese-Americans who have been able to win nominations in major departments..
For another example, women are at an absolute disadvantage. In history, no female director won the Best Director Award until 2010..
For example, young male actors are almost ignored, and the nomination stage is extremely difficult. When it is the turn of actresses, older practitioners face a similar dilemma, and they are often made things difficult even if they are strong..
Not long after, in 2012, "The Artist" controversially won the Oscar for Best Picture. For two consecutive years, the Academy awarded the Best Picture to a conservative, restrained, steady work that paid homage to the Golden Age, which aroused public concern. There was a frenzy of questioning, and they were greatly disappointed with the Oscars, which even triggered complaints from many practitioners in the industry..
Against this background, the Los Angeles Times stepped forward and conducted a professional investigation.
Only then did people discover that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has never officially announced the specific list of its members. Since membership is lifelong, there are many members who are no longer in the film industry. Among the voters are nannies and bookstore owners. and the retired peacekeeping force recruiter, which is ridiculous.
“The "Los Angeles Times" went deep into the industry, and through various methods such as phone calls, emails, and subscriptions to "Variety Show" and "Hollywood Reporter", it also returned Oscar's publications, resumes, autobiographies, etc., and sent a large number of reporters to conduct in-depth interviews, and finally confirmed The true identities of more than 5,100 judges were revealed.
After the statistics were completed, the results caused a shock in the media, giving people a glimpse of the truth about the Oscars for the first time..
According to calculations, the average age of Oscar judges is 62 years old. Only 2% of the judges are younger than 40 years old, while the proportion of older than 60 years old is as high as 54%. Among them, there are hundreds of Academy members , has not participated in any film or TV production for more than 20 or even 30 years..
In addition, the academy has a total of fifteen branches, including actors, screenwriters, directors, producers, photographers, etc..
First of all, looking at race and skin color, some chapters are almost all white men. In every chapter, the proportion of white men exceeds 90%; the only exception is the actors chapter, where the proportion of white men is Eighty-eight percent. In management-level chapters, 98 percent of members are white.
Secondly, in terms of gender, in the main Oscar selection departments - except for the actors branch, the proportion of men exceeds 90%; what is even more frightening is that the Academy has a total of forty-three board members, and only women Six people, and only one member of color.
Of course, this is a legacy issue from history. After all, the Oscars have come to the 83rd session. Before the 1980s, the historical status of black people and women determined the basis of Academy members. As for Asians who were completely ignored, even more so. Don’t say any more. Over the past decade, the Academy has begun to consciously recruit more fresh blood to increase the diversity of Oscar judges..
For example, Zhang Ziyi opened up the US market with "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in 2000, and later contributed several outstanding works, and even almost won the film with "Geisha/Memoirs" Nominated for Best Actress, although she missed out in the end, she was still invited to become a member of the Academy's judges.
Since 2004, the college has begun to publish the list of people invited to join. However, they will not further announce who has joined and who has refused..
After ten years of accumulation, the composition of the academy's judges has now undergone some changes. 89% are white and 73% are male. However, ethnic minorities and female members are still disadvantaged groups..
The nature of the members is single, which leads to a single perspective and a single point of view. It also makes the trend of Oscar awards every year traceable, and then there are "Award snipers" like the Weinstein brothers.”.
2005It’s not surprising that “Brokeback Mountain” lost to “Crash” in 2016; it’s not surprising that only four female directors have been nominated for best director so far; this year, there are twenty seats in the acting department plus five in the directing department. The seats are all white, and black people are collectively absent. This is not surprising..
Every now and then, the Oscars will face accusations of being "too white", or bold and innovative works like "The Social Network" will be ignored. There are traces to follow. Changing history cannot be accomplished by relying solely on the power of one work. . Even though the Oscars is currently the most watched and authoritative award ceremony in the world, it does not mean that it is the most fair. It still has its own attributes..
This year is no exception.
“"Generation Y" actors are on the rise. The so-called Generation Y refers to the generation born from 1977 to 1990. The oldest one now is only 33 years old. In the eyes of the judges whose average age is 62 years old, They are children and grandchildren. For example, Hailey, who is fourteen years old, is completely a granddaughter..
They always think that these actors can still be polished and polished. These actors still have a lot of time to grow up. These actors are far from being the mainstay. These actors still need to continue to prove themselves. These actors still need to continue to prove themselves. Not worthy of Oscar recognition, these actors still need to study hard behind them.
So, only four actresses and two actors won nominations. This is the Oscar.
Among them, Michelle and Natalie, who had already proven themselves before, won the nomination again and successfully gained a foothold in the eyes of the academy judges; Hailey and Jesse benefited more or less from the popularity of their works. Strong, it has attracted more attention. Riding on the east wind, it has entered the decisive stage. It remains to be seen what the future development will be..
However, Jennifer and Renly are different.
These two actors received almost no bonus advantages and relied entirely on their own strength to fight their way out; especially since they are only twenty and twenty-one years old respectively, they are also "grandsons" An actor of his generation can actually overcome all the disadvantages and receive a nomination. This is so rare and commendable that it is enough to make people stand up and applaud.！
2010The awards season of 2018 was divided into two completely different areas with the announcement of the Oscar nominations as the dividing line, and the format suddenly began to change..
Especially in the Best Actor department, it was originally a competition between young people and Colin Firth, but now it has become evenly matched, with three veteran actors facing off against two young forces, and the format immediately became interesting..
In addition to Colin, the popularity of the other four candidates for winning the award suddenly increased. The threat of Colin, Jeff and Javier, cannot be underestimated; Jesse, who holds the sword of "social network", is always a strong candidate, who No one knows whether this movie will achieve a counterattack in the next month and a half; and Renly, who has thrown away his hands and feet, is coming with all the momentum of Sundance..
It is worth mentioning that Focus Features suffered heavy losses during the nomination stage. "The Kids Are All Right" only received four nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Original Screenplay. Lost everything and has been left behind by many competitors; "Buried Alive" was singled out for the Best Actor competition, and other departments had no chance at all..
Under such circumstances, Focus Features concentrated its efforts on the competition for Best Actress and Best Actor, and all public relations resources began to be tilted here. Both Annette and Renly had their own disadvantages, but they There are also obvious advantages. It is not yet known who will win..
This year’s awards season enters the second stage with great fanfare！
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