The 2022 Oscars Proved That Gimmicks Aren't The Way To Go
The 94th Academy Awards were controversial before the ceremony itself even started. Every announcement from the organization in the lead-up to the big night was met with contention and often outrage from film fans. The idea this year was to market the Oscars to people who wouldn’t normally watch by cutting down on some categories (aka not airing them live) and including what were essentially the results of Twitter polls as part of the ceremony — the “Fan Favorite” movie moments.
The problem with this is that the Oscars aren’t supposed to be for people who don’t like movies. By cutting out a lot of the elements that make the Oscars what they are, they just made the ceremony far less enjoyable to watch for the people who are normally big fans. If anything, the most memorable parts of the night weren’t the awkwardly staged bits or voting on popular movies, but were rather the entirely unplanned things that happened and the moments where a person who is very talented in their craft received an award for it and gave an emotional speech.
Oscars: Is The “Fan Favorite” Vote A Good Idea?
It doesn't seem like a big ask that the biggest movie awards show of the year should have a focus on achievement in film, but apparently, even that was difficult for the Academy to muster. They presented a number of awards off the air and spliced in clips of them throughout the ceremony. So while they did technically air, the recipients were accepting their awards in what was basically an empty theater because everyone was still on the red carpet. It's just such a disrespectful way to give these artists their recognition because it's making a statement that some roles are more important than others. Why televise the Best Score category when you
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