Richard Dreyfuss criticises Oscar diversity requirements: “They make me vomit”
nme.comOscars’ new diversity and inclusion standards, saying “they make me vomit”.The Jaws actor discussed the Academy’s diversity initiative during an interview with PBS’s Firing Line With Margaret Hoover.
The changes, which will come into effect in 2024, will alter the qualifying criteria for the Best Picture category to improve the diversity of its nominees.“They make me vomit,” Dreyfuss said, when asked his view on the changes. “Because this is an art form.
It’s also a form of commerce and it makes money, but it’s an art.“No one should be telling me as an artist that I have to give in to the latest, most current idea of what morality is.
And what are we risking? Are we really risking hurting people’s feelings? You can’t legislate that. You have to let life be life.
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