Michael Cieply: By The Numbers, Actors Count Much Less In The Oscar Voting Pool
deadline.comAs actors continue to struggle in negotiations with the entertainment companies, it’s probably worth noting a point that doesn’t get advertised much.
That is, performers—living, breathing human beings who appear on movie screens—are far less influential than they were just a few short years ago at the Oscar-granting Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Disclaimer: There is no link between leverage at the bargaining table and Oscar votes. Those things exist in separate dimensions, and the Academy has nothing to do with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which is trying to hammer out a contract with striking SAG-AFTRA.
Still, it’s fascinating to realize that actors have had a rough ride with entertainment companies even as performers have been gradually demoted in the hallmark Academy Awards process.
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