Does anyone outside of Hollywood care about the Academy Awards?
I love awards season. There’s a fun part of Hollywood where you get to see your favorite movies get accolades, feel righteous indignation for the snubs, and bet on the outcome. But one thing I’ve noticed is that, lately, no one else cares. I used to see my family crowding around the TV to watch, but in the last decade they have seen none of the movies, and don’t even tune in.
In fact, last year only around 10 million people watched the Academy Awards live. Down 50% from the year before!
Speaking to Insider, actor/director/writer Seth Rogen mentioned that society might have moved on from the Academy Awards.
He said, “I don’t get why movie people care so much if other people care what awards we give ourselves. To me, maybe people just don’t care. I don’t care who wins the automobile awards. No other industry expects everyone to care about what awards they shower upon themselves. Maybe people just don’t care. Maybe they did for a while and they stopped caring. And why should they?”
Author: Jason Hellerman
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
