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Edited April 8, 20223 yr by DRW50

 

17 minutes ago, dragonflies said:

 

Makes sense. You show out at the Oscars, you get banned from the Oscars. Not the biggest deal. He can still be nominated for and win Oscars. 

Ten years does seem like a lot but I don’t believe it will much impact his career as a producer. As an actor, is an open question, especially if it is on some big studio project. There are a few of his projects that are on hold but if they are far enough in development that he can’t be replaced without losing massive amounts of money, they’ll likely go forward.

As for awards, a lot of those are predicated on politics and part of the reason why he won this year was part performance but mostly due to the presence of charm (he ran an effective Oscar campaign) and the goodwill that he’d built up over the years.

It may have been in his memoir where he joked about any time he’s won an award (Grammy), he’s never been there in person to receive it. This Academy Awards was his first time being there to receive an award in person. Better he had stayed away.

Oh my.

The academy delivering a verdict pic.twitter.com/AbMbWKLtCc

— Vinny Thomas (@vinn_ayy) April 9, 2022

Truly a cursed ceremony this year…

 

I've said it once, and I'll say it again: it'll be a long, long, LONG time before the Academy allows another person of color to produce the Oscars.

I hope Liza is doing well, I really do, but I am not entirely sure whether to believe all that was wrong with her that night was down to a last minute change in chairs. 

While I totally get your point about diversity in the hiring of producers for the Oscars, it is shame that race and not inexperience will be blamed. 

Packer had no business producing one of the biggest live events of the television season.  I would assume he was hired because the ratings bombed last year, and few wanted to take on the job and be blamed for a further slide in ratings.  However, he has never produced a live TV event, most his prior productions were relatively small, and he obviously had few relationships with historically acclaimed actors in Hollywood. 

By contrast, when Quincy Jones produced the Oscars, it looked amazing, Whoppi Goldberg's costumes were incredible, and it was only over time by less than half an hour.

2 minutes ago, j swift said:

While I totally get your point about diversity in the hiring of producers for the Oscars, it is shame that race and not inexperience will be blamed. 

Agree.

The fallout continues. Neither Netflix nor Smith are doing all that well movie-wise these days.

Netflix Reportedly Cancels Will Smith Sequel 'Bright 2' https://t.co/1KZjFcEb89

— CNET (@CNET) April 22, 2022

TBH, I have never seen the first Bright movie.

In my eyes, the ban isn't that serious. Will can still thrive around it, he doesn't need them imho. I know I'm in the minority, but, i don't believe the academy was planning to give him another Oscar regardless of the performance. This was most likely his career Oscar! 

Will will be fine. He Just needs to keep a low profile for awhile(which is something most do anyway after winning their first oscar.) He could slowly bounce back as a producer in maybe 3 yrs, and then hopefully as a Actor right after.

@DramatistDreamer Bright was a great film. Definitely in his top 10 projects!

Edited April 25, 20223 yr by DemetriKane

19 minutes ago, DemetriKane said:

In my eyes, the ban isn't that serious. Will can still thrive around it, he doesn't need them imho. I know I'm in the minority, but, i don't believe the academy was planning to give him another Oscar regardless of the performance. This was most likely his career Oscar! 

I agree with you there. The timing was right for Will, the real life person that he played is truly the star, the Williams Sisters is the most compelling sports story in the last two decades overall, and none of the other nominees in his category campaigned for the Academy Award this year. I don’t expect those confluence of factors to come together for Smith again. I definitely got the sense that he was one and done for that kind of prestige, even before the slap.

 I also believe that Smith will be just fine, career-wise. If nothing else, he can always produce. His instincts as a producer are much better that that of his acting, imo. He has done a great job with Bel Air, although I know some people don’t like the series.

7 hours ago, DemetriKane said:

In my eyes, the ban isn't that serious. Will can still thrive around it, he doesn't need them imho. I know I'm in the minority, but, i don't believe the academy was planning to give him another Oscar regardless of the performance. This was most likely his career Oscar!

Agree.  Sometimes I think the Academy award actors hoping that'll be that and they'll never have to bother with them again.

And sometimes I think they just live to [!@#$%^&*] with Glenn Close, lol.

Edited April 25, 20223 yr by Khan