Please Don’t Call Them ‘Tech’ Oscars
variety.comTim Gray Senior Vice PresidentPublic service announcement to journalists: When discussing Oscars in the next few weeks, please don’t refer to “the technical categories.”Reminder to Academy/ABC decision-makers: You’ve always stated that all Oscar categories are equal, but the Feb.
22 move was a reminder that some categories are more equal than others.On that day, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced eight of Oscar’s 23 awards will be handed out before the televised ceremony.
That includes five of the nine artisan categories. With the ratings’ steady decline, AMPAS-ABC had to do something. The move seemed to be a reality, but 2022 is full of surprises, so who knows?I’ve been saying for years that the Oscarcast should devote more time, not less, to the nine artisan races.
There’s a perception that the general public is uninterested in categories filled with unfamiliar names. But TV viewers don’t know the contestants on “American Idol” or “American Ninja Warrior,” but short films introducing these people have turned the shows into hits.
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