Oscar Battle Over Category Move Rages On – And Critics Are Already Bracing for Next Year’s Fight
thewrap.comthe recently announced plan to hand out awards in eight categories before the live telecast of this year’s Academy Awards begins.
But some critics of the plan, which will bestow awards in the Dolby Theatre during the Oscar preshow and then edit those presentations into the live telecast, are looking beyond this year to what could be the real battle for the show’s future. “I’ve talked about it publicly and I’ve talked to people at the Academy about it privately, and I don’t think anything’s going to change,” “Nightmare Alley” director Guillermo del Toro told TheWrap this week. “At this point, It’s not about this year anymore.
It’s about keeping them from doing it again.”Reps for the Academy have pledged that every nominee will be mentioned, every winner will get a moment on the Dolby Theatre stage and the home audience will hardly know the difference between the categories handed out during the live telecast and the ones edited into that telecast.
Despite the Academy’s assurances, though, many Academy members have complained that the pomp around those eight awards will be very different since the Oscar red carpet will still be in full swing and the auditorium less than full.
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