I think they just need to do: Best Actor - Comedy or Musical Best Actor - Drama Best Supporting Actor - Comedy or Musical Best Supporting Actor -Drama "Actor" being whatever gender/pronoun. It's still 4 awards.
The Case for Gender Neutral Acting Awards (msn.com) Also, they don't give an award titled Best Costume Designer Female / Best Costume Designer Male- why bother having gender specific awards? I don't think they should lose 2 awards doing this so splitting up Comedy/Musical & Drama would help that. I think most actors would be against it if there was a less of a chance to win by taking away 2 awards opportunities.
Let's face it, the most popular categories are the acting categories, Best Picture and maybe Best Director. Why remove two of them? Heck, they should probably have more acting categories to get fans even more excited.
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My annual Academy Awards Rankings (out of five): I am happy if a film I give ***1/2 gets nominated 10) Women Talking ** 9) Triangle of Sadness ** 8) Top Gun: Maverick *** 7) Avatar: The Way of Water *** 6) Elvis *** 5) The Banshees of Inisherin *** 4) The Fabelmans *** 3) Tár ***1/2 2) All Quiet on the Western Front ***1/2 1) Everything Everywhere All at Once ***1/2
My own ranking of the nominated films: Tár The Banshees of Inisherin Triangle of Sadness Everything Everywhere All at Once All Quiet on the Western Front The Fabelmans Women Talking Top Gun: Maverick Avatar: The Way of Water Elvis I may get around to my predicted winners sometime later.
I got around to it: Best picture: Everything Everywhere All at Once Best direction: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once Best actor: Brendan Fraser, The Whale Best actress: Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once Best supporting actor: Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once Best supporting actress: Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once Best original screenplay: Everything Everywhere All at Once Best adapted screenplay: Women Talking Best cinematography: All Quiet on the Western Front Best costume design: Elvis Best film editing: Everything Everywhere All at Once Best makeup and hairstyling: Elvis Best production design: Babylon Best score: All Quiet on the Western Front Best song: "Naatu Naatu" (RRR) Best sound: Top Gun: Maverick Best visual effects: Avatar: The Way of Water Best documentary feature: Navalny Best animated feature: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Best international feature: All Quiet on the Western Front Best animated short: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Best documentary short: The Elephant Whisperers Best live-action short: An Irish Goodbye
My personal picks of the films I saw from last year (posted before): Picture: Tár Direction: Charlotte Wells, Aftersun [not nominated at the Oscars] Lead Actor: Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin) Lead Actress: Cate Blanchett (Tár) Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once) Supporting Actress: Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin) Screenplay: Tár
Agree. Movies are male-centric and simply tend to have more good roles for men than for women. If they eliminated the gender-specific categories, this would likely mean fewer noms for women.
In any given year, that might happen. But I think in general, a gender-neutral acting category would hurt women.
Exactly. I dunno - dropping gender-specific acting categories seems like a solution in search of a problem. Is there any actual outcry about this?
That's a good point, but I'd argue the difference is that other categories aren't as "gender equal" as acting is. Yes, I did just mention that there tend to be more good roles for men than for women - the Bechdel Test exists for a reason. And there tend to be more LEAD roles for men than for women, so it's a bigger pool, at least in that category. But I think the non-acting categories tend to be more "gender specific". Of the last 10 costume design Oscars, 9 went to women. Of the last 10 musical score Oscars, 9 went to men. In the technical areas, one gender tends to dominate the job period. So it'd be much harder to split those into gender categories because they're not even close to equally represented by both genders. Acting essentially is equal.
