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(3,937 posts)In the first round actors nominate actors, sound guys nominate work in sound, etc. Then the Academy members are supposed to see any of the nominated works which they haven't yet seen, then they vote.
Due to this structure, the average age of an Academy member is well over 60 and in acting there are more women than men (because women tend to live longer).
Many have complained that Oscar favors safe, old fashioned films over those which take chances or push boundaries. (and they LOVE Meryl Streep). Movie and roles which involve disabilities, suffering or AIDS win a disproportionate share of nominations and Oscars and include for example Dallas Buyers Club, Philadelphia, Rain Man, and Nell. And older female actors almost always beat younger ones.
Quentin Tarantino, David Lynch and Brian DePalma will never win an Oscar because they don't make films with Meryl Streep in them or that older Hollywood ladies would like. Jim Jarmusch, Terrence Malick and Wim Wenders too because they stray outside the 3 simple plots that every Oscar winning film has had. Another example of the never nominated -- Alfred Hitchcock.
As they saying goes "everyone's a critic" but the Oscars are chosen by nice, mature Hollywood ladies.