A published op-ed in The Los Angeles Times is now calling for the Oscars to move away from gendered awards, and the Best Actor and Best Actress categories to be completely wiped from the docket.
The Crown’s Emma Corrin had shared her thoughts on the matter a few weeks ago, this has influenced the LAT to write this rather silly op-ed. Corrin identifies as non-binary (hey, so do I!) She believes that the Oscars should go gender-neutral and move towards categories that would encompass those who don’t identify as male or female (such as Corrin and myself).
As I stated in the late summer: Sooner or later, this kind of gender ideology will infect the Oscars. It’s not a matter of if but when. The media will just be the relentless pursuers of this issue until it gets adopted. That’s the sad truth. And, know what? It won’t matter because by then the Oscars will be in single-digit ratings, 95% of the population won’t care about the winners and politicized films they nominate. That is where we’re headed.
Fact of the matter is that a small percentage of people have gender issues, but, don’t worry, the rest of us will throw out gender to make them feel comfortable. While we’re at it, let’s call the Best Actress category “SEXIST!” because we’re the LA Times and we can get away with such trivial virtue signaling.
Honest question: why is having both categories sexist? What's wrong with having it so more people can get an award? Roles are specifically written for men, and others for women, what's the problem with celebrating both?
You’re also just opening the door for predictable outrage: if a male actor were to win the gender neutral category — then what happens? It’s actually been argued that this would hurt women as most meaty acting roles are for men, so they would have a better chance of winning every time. Whereas, if the other way were to occur, rewarding a woman could be perceived as unearned and deliberately done due to her gender. It’s a lose-lose situation for all, they just don’t know it yet.”
The fact that the LA Times went out of their way to write an op-ed about this topic speaks volumes about that paper’s priorities. Aren’t murder rates spiking in California? Ditto the homeless crisis? Aren’t there more relevant topics to write about than the Best Actress category being sexist?
Paul Greengrass’ "The Uprising," starring Andrew Garfield, opened to $3.2M from 2,068 theaters this weekend. Yikes. The budget hasn’t been disclosed, but is said to be in the $20-$30M range.