Posted on 09/08/2020 5:55:30 PM PDT by EdnaMode
As promised when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its Academy Aperture 2025 initiative in June, new standards of representation and inclusion have been announced by AMPAS today that will gradually be put in place for the 94th (2022) and 95th (2023) Oscars, but in full effect beginning with the 96th Academy Awards in 2024. In its most dramatic swing towards true diversity, Oscar is laying down significant requirements in order to be eligible for Hollywood’s most sought after prize: Best Picture.
Having at least one Asian, Hispanic/Latinx, Black/African American, Indigenous/Native American/Alaskan Native, Middle Eastern/North African, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander or unspecified other underrepresented race or ethnicity as a “lead or significant supporting actor” is a potential requirement under the new guidelines, with those ethnicities also mentioned for prominent production and marketing jobs. Additionally employing women, LGBTQ+, members of a Racial or Ethnic group, and people with cognitive or physical disabilities or who are deaf or hard of hearing may be required for at least 30% of actors in secondary and more minor roles, having a storyline centered on an underrepresented group, hiring creative leadership and department heads, maintaining least 30% crew composition, paid internships, and representation in marketing and distribution are also all potential areas in order to be a Best Picture contender. Producers don’t have to meet all of the requirements of the new doctrine, just half.
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What a huge pantload of steaming pc.
btt
what if the “actor/actress” identifies as one of those categories but really isn’t?
Welcome to the era of crappy movies.
2024???
Aww, hell no! Whitey better make that 2020 or there’s gonna be some rioting in Hollywood!
Like pro sports, America found out it doesn’t need Hollywood
All Diversity movies are crap ,they spend all the money on diversity and let the actors ad-lib ,yawn
That era pretty much started in the 90s.
So what! Only the Chinese watch Hollywood movies.
In other words films like “Dunkirk” have no chance.
.....people with cognitive...disabilities....may be required for at least 30% of actors in secondary and more minor roles....
Joe Biden?
So what! Only the Chinese watch Hollywood movies.
The Lawrence of Arabia reboot starring Jackie Chan.
No Netflix in my house...no HBO...none of that cr@p.
History is dead. The revolution has killed it.
This is great news. It will cause inferior performances to be awarded, it will piss off the woke hollywood actors, and it will cause further dismal ratings.
What is not to love?
Brandon could be an Eskimo in Godfather I guess.
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