Oscars are over, ‘out of touch with the audience’ and saddled with DEI requirements: expert

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“Arroyo Grande” podcast Raymond Arroyo told Fox News Digital.“I think most people haven’t seen any of these movies to be excited about them,” he continued, citing films like “Emilia Perez,” “Anora,” and “The Brutalist” as some of the contenders bringing in awards at other shows this season that haven’t drawn the kind of excitement from regular viewers.“‘Wicked’s’ really the only movie that’s been a box office success that’s nominated for best picture.

All these other films, they’re small arthouse movies at best,” Arroyo said.Per BoxOfficeMojo, only two of the best picture nominees, “Wicked” and “Dune: Part Two,” cracked the top ten in ticket sales last year. “Inside Out 2,” and “Deadpool & Wolverine” took the top two spots, with a raft of franchise sequels rounding out the top ten, like “Moana 2,” “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” and “Twisters.”“They are not taking into account popular tastes when making these choices,” Arroyo explained of the nominees. “And you have a group of people acting in isolation from their audience, which is a huge problem.

When you claim to speak as the cultural mouthpiece and center of the country, it’s a huge problem. And I think many people in Hollywood are acknowledging it and realize maybe they’re out of touch, and maybe the Oscars aren’t what they used to be.” “If they were in touch with the average moviegoer, you would have seen ‘Deadpool [& Wolverine]’ nominated.

They didn’t go for that.” Arroyo has also spoken with several Oscar voters, some of whom are Oscar winners themselves, who appear to share audiences’ lack of enthusiasm for some of the nominees. “One said, ‘I’m not even voting.