Memos to Hollywood

Manohla Dargis & A. O. Scott — “Memos to Hollywood” :

To: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
From: A.O.S.

It’s just not working: the Academy Awards broadcast, with its mixture of snark and high-mindedness; the pool of pseudoserious, faux-prestigious specialty-division B-pictures; the long, dreary slog of the awards “season.” You’re losing touch with the mass audience on one side and the tradition of popular art on the other. Take some risks, rejigger the formula, expand the membership pool. Do something!

~ by Hugh on May 3, 2009.