{"id":4935,"date":"2022-03-03T16:37:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T15:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/03\/oscarsfanfavorite-how-the-academys-plea-for-popularity-fell-into-chaos\/"},"modified":"2022-03-03T16:37:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T15:37:44","slug":"oscarsfanfavorite-how-the-academys-plea-for-popularity-fell-into-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/03\/oscarsfanfavorite-how-the-academys-plea-for-popularity-fell-into-chaos\/","title":{"rendered":"#OscarsFanFavorite: how the Academy\u2019s plea for popularity fell into chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an attempt to lure more viewers to the increasingly unwatched Oscars ceremony, a hashtag award has been introduced and quickly transformed into a circus<\/p>\n

Unless you happen to have a vested interest in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, it\u2019s plain to see that the Oscars are trapped in a death spiral. Viewers are abandoning the ceremony in record numbers and, after last year\u2019s debacle \u2013 a bizarre jokeless gushfest held in a train station \u2013 it\u2019s hard to see how they will ever return.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, the Academy braintrust has schemed up two dramatic changes to this year\u2019s ceremony that should help to bring things back into line. The first is that a bunch of awards<\/a> won\u2019t actually be televised live but edited into the broadcast, which will help to make the show\u2019s runtime far less punishing. The second change, though, has already backfired.<\/p>\n

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\nIn an attempt to lure more viewers to the increasingly unwatched Oscars ceremony, a hashtag award has been introduced and quickly transformed into a circus
\nUnless you happen to have a vested interest in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, it\u2019s plain to see that the Oscars are trapped in a death spiral. Viewers are abandoning the ceremony in record numbers and, after last year\u2019s debacle \u2013 a bizarre jokeless gushfest held in a train station \u2013 it\u2019s hard to see how they will ever return.
\nFortunately, the Academy braintrust has schemed up two dramatic changes to this year\u2019s ceremony that should help to bring things back into line. The first is that a bunch of awards won\u2019t actually be televised live but edited into the broadcast, which will help to make the show\u2019s runtime far less punishing. The second change, though, has already backfired. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In an attempt to lure more viewers to the increasingly unwatched Oscars ceremony, a hashtag award has been introduced and quickly transformed into a circus Unless you happen to have a vested interest in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, it\u2019s plain to see that the Oscars are trapped in a death spiral. …<\/p>\n

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