Academy CEO Bill Cramer said in a statement, “Given this review, we are committed to creating a better framework for respectful, inclusive and unbiased campaigns. It is clear that there is a need to clarify the components of the award cycle,” he said, adding that the change is the conclusion of this award cycle.
Riseborough’s performance as a struggling alcoholic after winning the lottery in “To Leslie” garnered praise from critics, but received little attention as such. Under $28,000 Showing in limited theaters.
The 41-year-old British actress surprised the public Nominated for Best Actress Last week — alongside Ana de Armas, Cate Blanchett, Michelle Williams and Michelle Yeoh — took a look at the insane push behind it.
Just as voting for the Oscar nominations began, dozens of prominent actors began sharing their admiration for the low-budget film and its lead role on their personal social media accounts. Actress Mary McCormack, wife of “To Leslie” director Michael Morris, reportedly coordinated many efforts by personally encouraging people to see and share their thoughts online. I’m here.
Many posts contained similar language, among them the now viral phrase describing “To Leslie” as “a small movie with a huge heart.”Gwyneth Paltrow posted a photo on Instagram Standing alongside Demi Moore, Morris and Riseborough, she “should win every award that exists and every award that hasn’t been invented yet,” she said.Edward Norton wrote in a rare article That Riseborough gave “the most completely committed, emotionally deep and physically harrowing performance I’ve seen in a while.” previously mentioned Through an agent he did not post regarding the Oscars.)
Blanchett, an Oscar frontrunner, yelled at riseborough in her Critics’ Choice Awards speech.
Riseborough has been working steadily for the past 20 years, starring in the Oscar-winning dark comedy Birdman and the political satire Birdman.Stalin’s death” and some horror movies. The actor often praises his peers in public, but a post about her performance in “To Leslie” was prominent in the second week of January, just in time for the Oscar nomination voting period. increased to Actress Frances Fisher even went so far as to share multiple posts about Riseborough at one point. Address to the Academy’s acting department Write a detailed description of the direct voting process.
Dave Carger, TCM host and Entertainment Weekly awards correspondent, believes the controversy surrounding Riseborough’s nomination is overblown, but the Academy is “addressing this and making sure social media is playing the game.” Matthew Veroni, former editorial director of The Hollywood Reporter, who co-founded the media company Puck, said he wanted to organize an Oscar campaign in the social media age. , called it the “greatest legacy” of the debacle.
“There’s a whole economy around the Oscars, and it’s all based on the legitimacy of the award,” Belloni said. It’s something the academy should care about.”
Of course, he said, “Literally since the second year the Oscar was given, there has been cronyism at the Oscar.
The Academy has since become more transparent about its inner workings #OscarsSoWhite Backlash in 2015, one year later the Board announced a goal Double the number of “women and diverse members” in our voting bodies.Last year, the organization elected Janet Yang as chairman. mentioned in the news release At the time, it “helped launch and advance several Academy initiatives on membership recruitment, governance, equity, diversity and inclusion.”
Much of the criticism of Riseborough’s nomination framed it as a disrespect for Viola Davis.queen”) and Daniel Deadweiler (“to”), each nominated for a major Pioneer Award. Multiple industry experts argued that while the academy certainly has a way forward when it comes to recognizing black talent, that’s a different conversation than the one with Riseborough.
“With all these high-profile award shows being televised and covered, even casual moviegoers [idea] It shows that at some point certain performers won a slot in the Oscar race,” Karger said. “These are all different voting bodies, different people. Just because one guy got three nominations the other doesn’t automatically get him the fourth.”
The Oscars use a ranked choice voting system in which members of the Academy list the nominees for the award in order of preference. This allows for a narrow margin between nominees and nominees. The majority of voters are Blanchett (“tar”) or the leading candidate Yeoh (“All at once, anywhere”) For example, the threshold for winning one of the remaining three slots as the #1 choice for Best Actress would have been very low. There’s no guarantee that Davis or Deadweiler will finish sixth, as a few votes make all the difference. Riseborough could have easily “kicked out” candidates such as Olivia Colman (“empire of light) or Jennifer Lawrence (“Causeway”).
Melissa Silverstein, founder of Women and Hollywood, an initiative advocating for gender diversity and inclusion in the entertainment industry, suggests that in some ways Riseborough has become a scapegoat for the Academy’s own failures. Silverstein described Riseborough as an actress who “has struggled for decades beneath the surface of the recognition she deserves” and described this as “a year in which an incredibly extraordinary black woman played a leading role”. He said it was unfortunate that such a situation had occurred.
According to Silverstein, in an ideal world there would be room for more actresses to be recognized.
“This is a multi-million dollar game,” she said.
