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It is a peer vs populism question. The Academy exists as a peer group, awarding their fellows for what they think ...
...is the best based on their knowledge of the industry...or so we hope. There are other awards out there that are populist (MTV, People's Choice, etc).
Here's the thing, despite all those other awards, for some reason the public still looks to the Academy to be arbiter (or soemtimes the villain) of taste and ability. Both types of awards have value, but I don't think you want to pervert one to be like the other. A peer award should remain that or it loses all credibility. If people really thought the populist awards had any value, you'd be seeing those touted more or getting their own awards show. In almost a century of film awards, that has not yet happened.
That doesn't preclude the Academy from doing outreach or otherwise guiding the public to worthy films, it is just a different question from the awards themselves.
LT: The Academy added a second DUNKR screening for members after the first reached capacity. Jul 24, 09:56
I've long felt the Academy has a choice to make. Jul 24, 11:48
winning best picture did everything for the artist. No one sees that movie without the awards campaign and the win Jul 24, 12:00
Did everything for the movie Jul 24, 12:11
I don't think that, in the 50s-80s, they were pandering to Joe Sixpack. {nm} Jul 24, 12:11
or, the movies studios made for Joe Sixpack were just much better quality in general {nm} Jul 24, 12:12
Definitely a possibility. Jul 24, 12:22
during the heyday of the studio system, pre-1970s, there was almost nothing that could be thought of as "independent cinema" Jul 24, 13:29
Though it may be the public tastes that have changed, not the Academy's, based on what movies it is not possible to make Jul 24, 13:35
* now possible {nm} Jul 24, 13:43
thats part of the reason why they make less. They are giving the audience what they want {nm} Jul 24, 14:31
thats part of the reason why they make less. They are giving the audience what they want {nm} Jul 24, 14:31
thats part of the reason why they make less. They are giving the audience what they want {nm} Jul 24, 14:31
sorry, my cat did that. they are giving the audience what they want which is {nm} Jul 24, 14:31
ugh! Louis!...which is give spectacle entertainment which is expensive. {nm} Jul 24, 14:32
Need to give that cat a PR job. :D {nm} Jul 24, 14:37
Louis is a big jerk cat! {nm} Jul 24, 14:39
he enters into panic mode when his food dispenser gets low {nm} Jul 24, 14:41
you *are* the food dispenser, to a cat {nm} Jul 24, 14:57
Better than being the food. {nm} Jul 24, 16:34
I would love him. {nm} Jul 25, 07:04
That Darn Cat {nm} Jul 24, 19:38
It is a peer vs populism question. The Academy exists as a peer group, awarding their fellows for what they think ... Jul 24, 12:51
Dunkirk Vet, 97, Breaks Down in Tears After Watching Movie: 'I Never Thought I Would See That Again' Jul 24, 21:10