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rethink needed The Academy Awards have celebrated the best in film for 94 years. But a major rethink is needed if the ceremony is going to make it to 100 in good shape. The nominations for 2022 show how out of touch the voters are with public tastes – and that gap needs fixing for the sake of the event. It’s a change in mindset which is needed because, in the 21st century especially, voters have repeatedly dismissed popular films as not worthy of awards recognition and continued to favor more artistic but less commercial choices. As former Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel joked on his US talk show: “The Power of the Dog got 12 nominations – one for every person who saw it!”
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