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    Loki
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    First Oscars in memory that I can recall not watching any of.

    I used to watch all the nominated movies in anticipation of the awards but it’s a new Oscars and there is no assurance anymore that the nominated movies are watchable-that is something that doesn’t feel like boring homework.

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      This post is the first I noticed of the oscars this year. I didn't even know it was on yesterday.

      That's too bad, I used to like it. I doubt if I could stand it anymore.

      I assume the show was very woke.

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        First Oscars in memory that I can recall not watching any of.

        I used to watch all the nominated movies in anticipation of the awards but it’s a new Oscars and there is no assurance anymore that the nominated movies are watchable-that is something that doesn’t feel like boring homework.

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        @loki said in Masking at the Oscars:

        First Oscars in memory that I can recall not watching any of.

        I used to watch all the nominated movies in anticipation of the awards but it’s a new Oscars and there is no assurance anymore that the nominated movies are watchable-that is something that doesn’t feel like boring homework.

        The Oscars used to be a general population event. They are consciously changing the nature of it to encourage and reward a different set of desired outcomes that don’t measure audience enjoyment. In fact there is a very measurable disconnect.

        Moviemakers still have to make movies that sell. They will just be different than Oscar winners.

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          This post is the first I noticed of the oscars this year. I didn't even know it was on yesterday.

          That's too bad, I used to like it. I doubt if I could stand it anymore.

          I assume the show was very woke.

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          @copper said in Masking at the Oscars:

          This post is the first I noticed of the oscars this year. I didn't even know it was on yesterday.

          That's too bad, I used to like it. I doubt if I could stand it anymore.

          I assume the show was very woke.

          It was SO woke... you wouldn't believe. They even had Glenn Close twerking. It was black to the point of pandering.

          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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          • MikM Mik

            @copper said in Masking at the Oscars:

            This post is the first I noticed of the oscars this year. I didn't even know it was on yesterday.

            That's too bad, I used to like it. I doubt if I could stand it anymore.

            I assume the show was very woke.

            It was SO woke... you wouldn't believe. They even had Glenn Close twerking. It was black to the point of pandering.

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            George K
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            @mik said in Masking at the Oscars:

            Glenn Close twerking

            I'm so glad I fell asleep. Had I wakened, I would've thought it was a nightmare.

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              George K
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              In 1998, the Oscars had about 57 million viewers.

              Last night, they had 9.8 million.

              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              • George KG George K

                In 1998, the Oscars had about 57 million viewers.

                Last night, they had 9.8 million.

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                Loki
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                @george-k said in Masking at the Oscars:

                In 1998, the Oscars had about 57 million viewers.

                Last night, they had 9.8 million.

                And the 18-49 segment is nearly non existent.

                https://deadline.com/2021/04/2021-0scars-tv-ratings-academy-awards-low-abc-disney-1234744135/

                It must be that there is no negative impact of having this thing die off.

                Celeb’s have their twitter audience, maybe they just don’t need to be seen and directors that want to make a lot of money see no harm from not being an Oscar contender.

                The Oscars are about as dead as you can make it.

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                  Woke
                  A sample of Googled Oscar headlines

                  "RIP The Oscars – these grim, woke-ravaged, fun-devoid awards were a howlingly dull train-wreck that killed the Hollywood dream stone dead"

                  Academy Awards: Depressingly Woke & Dull

                  Increasingly Woke Oscars Hits All-Time Low TV Ratings

                  Oscars' woke quota will backfire on Hollywood spectacularly

                  Goody-goody bags: How even the gifts at the Oscars have gone woke

                  Oscars So Woke, Oscars So Broke

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                  • George KG George K

                    @mik said in Masking at the Oscars:

                    Glenn Close twerking

                    I'm so glad I fell asleep. Had I wakened, I would've thought it was a nightmare.

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                    Mik
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                    @george-k said in Masking at the Oscars:

                    @mik said in Masking at the Oscars:

                    Glenn Close twerking

                    I'm so glad I fell asleep. Had I wakened, I would've thought it was a nightmare.

                    It was, I assure you

                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                        Doctor Phibes
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                        It hardly seems like a year since everybody was complaining about how shit last year's Oscars were, and it's actually longer than that.

                        I've never understood why anybody would watch a bunch of rich people telling each other how great they are. If you did watch, you've only got yourself to blame.

                        I was only joking

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                          Doctor Phibes
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                          Incidentally, if they want to improve it, they need to have Rick Gervais host. I'd watch that show.

                          I was only joking

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                            Three things lacking:

                            1. Old time star power.
                            2. Oscar winning movies that people actually want to watch.
                            3. An appreciation for the fans, without an abundance of woke BS.

                            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                              xenon
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                              I did not know the Oscars were this weekend until this thread.

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                                I did not know the Oscars were this weekend until this thread.

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                                @xenon said in Masking at the Oscars:

                                I did not know the Oscars were this weekend until this thread.

                                IOW, you were not in the 9.8 million, LOL.

                                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                  LuFins Dad
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                                  They’re ratings matched an average ratings for NCIS or The Voice...

                                  The Brad

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                                    Also - the Oscars are fake. They’re all paid actors.

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                                    • JollyJ Jolly

                                      Three things lacking:

                                      1. Old time star power.
                                      2. Oscar winning movies that people actually want to watch.
                                      3. An appreciation for the fans, without an abundance of woke BS.
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                                      @jolly said in Masking at the Oscars:

                                      Three things lacking:

                                      1. Old time star power.
                                      2. Oscar winning movies that people actually want to watch.
                                      3. An appreciation for the fans, without an abundance of woke BS.

                                      A sense of their own silliness would really help.

                                      I was only joking

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                                      • L Loki

                                        First Oscars in memory that I can recall not watching any of.

                                        I used to watch all the nominated movies in anticipation of the awards but it’s a new Oscars and there is no assurance anymore that the nominated movies are watchable-that is something that doesn’t feel like boring homework.

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                                        @loki said in Masking at the Oscars:

                                        First Oscars in memory that I can recall not watching any of.

                                        Same here. First time in probably 20 years I skipped it completely. Genuinely tired of the preaching and out of touch views.

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                                          Best comment:

                                          “That was not entertainment. That was Frances McDormand having explosive diarrhoea in a plastic bucket on a van.”

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