Oscars Seeking To Eschew Politics, Partisanship In Favor Of Old-School Escapism

[The Grand Illuminist]

https://deadline.com/2023/03/oscars-politics-will-smith-donald-trump-zelenskyy-biden-jimmy-kimmel-1235285369/

America may be deeply divided, but politics and the culture wars will not be center stage at this year’s Oscars if the organizers have their way.

“We’re not interested in distractions or partisan debate, we’re interested in Tom Cruise,” a 95th Academy Awards ceremony insider says of this weekend’s superstar and blockbuster rich show.

“We want to embrace the diversity of talent and nominees this year, and we want to try to go back to the days of escapism,” an AMPAS source adds of the dual ethos of the 2023 Jimmy Kimmel hosted shindig. Escapism may be a hard sell with Netflix’s anti-war film All Quiet On The Western Front on the ballot for Best Picture and other categories, but the Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss produced broadcast is aiming to stay primarily politically agnostic and controversary free, we hear.

[Sympthsical]

1. The people who turned a blind eye to assault, harrasment, and abuse

A lot of them knew. For years. And said nothing because they wanted the money, fame, and access that would enable that. Weinstein jokes were being made a full decade (at least) before he ultimately went down.

They all knew. And they all kept it quiet.

Now, tell me about how you're so grateful for all these amazing roles being written for women while you stood there cashing those checks and collecting those trophies while you knew what was happening to other women?

I'm going to watch for the first time in ages just because I really hope Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan win.

But these are the last people on earth entitled to set themselves up on a moral podium about anything ever.