Covid-dogged TV ratings disaster, the 2022 Oscars arrive in the grip of a full-blown identity crisis. Will anyone watch, will it be too boring, are they dissing the small fry, too mean, too cuddly, too many hosts, not enough hosts…?
It’s safe to say the organisers are walking a tightrope, with TV masters ABC reading the riot act on the one hand, and unsung industry figures furious about being denied their few seconds in the spotlight and planning protests.
Added to that are the usual PR shenanigans, with Power of the Dog director Jane Campion coming the most spectacular cropper so far, after copping a load of flak fpr appearing to knock the Williams sisters.
It’s also not helping that Los Angeles is in the grip of a new Covid surge with one or two laying part of the blame on Bafta.
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