Peter Bart: Academy’s Decision To Trim Oscar Show And Promote “Fan Favorite” May Stir Voters, But Not Ratings
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deadline.comGregory Peck was angry. As president of the Motion Picture Academy, the star announced he would veto the admission of a new voting member on grounds that he lacked professional qualifications.
The Academy was becoming too populist in 1967, he argued. It must retain its elite status.The individual he wanted to veto was me.
In retrospect I wish his ban had been successful but it was soon overturned (details below).I wonder how Peck, as a stickler for his profession, would respond to recent Academy decisions about its show, its awards and its membership.
Witness the new campaign to create an #OscarFanFavorite — a popular film to be selected by Twitter and presented by an Oscar fan.
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