Every Oscars season this comes up and bothers the heck out of me. There’s always indignant lists of movies/people who were “snubbed.” And I get it, the internet is fueled by clicks and engagement which are fueled by anger but… To call these “snubs” is to either misunderstand the word snub or to misunderstand the voting process.
A snub implies a deliberate rejection. As if the Academy had a big meeting and said “screw you, Janet!” Which would be amazing but ain’t how the voting happens. It’s actually a ranked choice ballot voting system, which is very cool but also rewards strong feelings rather than consensus middle of the road picks.
And almost every time you read a snub article, they’re not talking “hey this person should win!” It’s usually “well, I think they’re better than the worst two slots.” Which, fair but those were probably big swings with some strong supporters, which are rewarded in a ranked choice system!
But beyond that, even in a two party contest, no one would say the United States snubbed Kamala Harris.
I dunno, just some thoughts, this seemed an appropriate place to share them. Thoughts? What am I getting wrong?
And I get it, the internet is fueled by clicks and engagement which are fueled by anger
You could’ve just stopped there, to be honest. The entertainment industry has always been guilty of manufacturing outrage for interaction. My unsolicited advice for everyone is to just get back to enjoying your hobbies, whether they be film, video games, music or anything else, and stop caring about the associated noise online. There is a fake controversy about everything these days and so many people seem to get emotionally manipulated into actually thinking any of it is real or relevant and end up spending more of their time absorbed in the fake drama than they do actually enjoying the original hobby.
I’m still pissed that Blade Runner lost best visual effects to E.T. 😡
It’s only been 42 years.
I didn’t know that, that is goddamn wild!
I agree. It’s stupid.
I remember last year, people were taking about how Margot Robbie got snubbed for best actress from Barbie. And I’m like, who would you prefer to get knocked out of the list?
Annette Bening in Nyad, Lily Gladstone in Killers of the Flower Moon, Sandra Hüller in Anatomy of a Fall, Carey Mulligan in Maestro, Emma Stone in Poor Things
All fine choices for best actress. Then we’d be talking about how that person would be snubbed. It’s the wrong word.
100% absolutely the wrong word. Miss would be a much better word and so much more appropriate for the long run when we look back at something like Green Book as an Oscar miss instead of snubbing everyone else or whatever.
Yeah but no nominations for His Three Daughters is such a shame. Agreed snubbed is the wrong word/vibe
Never saw it but I do love Natasha Lyonne, maybe I’ll give it a shot!
