John Pilger: Why the Oscars Are a Con
This year’s Oscar nominations are a parade of propaganda, stereotypes and downright dishonesty. The dominant theme is as old as Hollywood: America’s divine right to invade other societies, steal their history and occupy our memory.
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“Same as it ever was.”
In 1982, the Oscar for Best Picture and Best Director went to Gandhi and Sir Richard Attenborough, even though E.T. and Speilberg were the clear favorites, and were fully expected to win. Remarkably, when one Academy member was asked about this, they commented (I am paraphrasing): “E.T. had already made oodles of money. We felt that Gandhi needed a box office ‘push'” – thus openly admitting that economics is as much a factor as actual worthiness in “distributing” Oscars.
This is why a film will often win a single Oscar (Best Actor/Actress, Best Supporting Actor/Actress, Best Screenplay, etc.), despite better choices for those awards: the Academy is simply giving those (less commercially successful) films a chance to make more money.
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