I have mixed feelings as someone who understands the industry. I didn’t care for La La Land, but it still represents the hard work and artistry of hundreds of people, many of whom cared deeply about doing fantastic work. That mistake probably felt terrible for those people on a different level compared to simply not winning.
If it were for most other categories, it wouldn’t be as big of a deal. Best picture categories honor the whole team rather than just specific departments or roles. Even those of us who hate the Oscars would feel bad if that happened to us. It’s a shitty show, but being recognized for your work still feels good.
It was funny in how bad it made the Academy look, but it was also cruel of the Academy to allow the fuck up to happen. It reminds us how little the workers matter compared to them making money. Owners who minimize the awards and in place of gags to keep people from getting bored.
My spouse works in the industry, so I definitely get that it would be upsetting to think your work won but then didn’t. At the same time everyone there also kind of knows these awards aren’t and can’t be objective judges of quality, and mostly function as resume padding/bragging rights. Even being nominated gives you a leg up, so it’s not as if they have nothing to show for it. Side note: I think people also underestimate how many people working on projects think the project is hot trash, but that might be personal bias in the kind of people my spouse and I hang out with, lol.
For clarity I’m mostly remembering the chuds at the time who were being homophobic/racist about Moonlight getting nominated and then winning, those are the people who it cracked me up to see flip out.
That was hilarious, especially because Moonlight was so good. I’ve watched it at varying points on my journey of self discovery, and it’s only connected with me deeper each time. It’s funny that it’s always someone else who puts it on. I wouldn’t have chosen to rewatch it, but I’m happy I did.
I have mixed feelings as someone who understands the industry. I didn’t care for La La Land, but it still represents the hard work and artistry of hundreds of people, many of whom cared deeply about doing fantastic work. That mistake probably felt terrible for those people on a different level compared to simply not winning.
If it were for most other categories, it wouldn’t be as big of a deal. Best picture categories honor the whole team rather than just specific departments or roles. Even those of us who hate the Oscars would feel bad if that happened to us. It’s a shitty show, but being recognized for your work still feels good.
It was funny in how bad it made the Academy look, but it was also cruel of the Academy to allow the fuck up to happen. It reminds us how little the workers matter compared to them making money. Owners who minimize the awards and in place of gags to keep people from getting bored.
My spouse works in the industry, so I definitely get that it would be upsetting to think your work won but then didn’t. At the same time everyone there also kind of knows these awards aren’t and can’t be objective judges of quality, and mostly function as resume padding/bragging rights. Even being nominated gives you a leg up, so it’s not as if they have nothing to show for it. Side note: I think people also underestimate how many people working on projects think the project is hot trash, but that might be personal bias in the kind of people my spouse and I hang out with, lol.
For clarity I’m mostly remembering the chuds at the time who were being homophobic/racist about Moonlight getting nominated and then winning, those are the people who it cracked me up to see flip out.
That was hilarious, especially because Moonlight was so good. I’ve watched it at varying points on my journey of self discovery, and it’s only connected with me deeper each time. It’s funny that it’s always someone else who puts it on. I wouldn’t have chosen to rewatch it, but I’m happy I did.