Oscar-Winning Sound Mixer Resigns From Academy for Cutting 8 Key Categories From Oscars Broadcast
thewrap.comThe Hollywood Reporter, which first reported the news about Fleischman’s resignation.The overwhelming response from within the industry and from invested fans was fairly intense outrage over what many critics said was an insult to the people in the affected categories.Many people dinged the Academy for a decision they argued won’t actually bring in new viewers but might alienate the viewers that keep tuning in.
Others pointed out that five of those categories — film editing, makeup and hairstyling, music (original score), production design, and sound — are actually the crafts without which film as we understand it wouldn’t exist.Still others argued that some of those affected categories actually are popular with general audiences, particularly original score..
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