March 4, 2018

Nate Jones at Vulture ranks 33 Oscar contenders for "the way they played" in "the awards season."

Points for nominations received, fan enthusiasm, general interest, virality, and fashion, with deductions for #MeToo problems.

ADDED: I like the idea of looking at PR as an activity apart from the acting work itself. It is a separate aspect of the work of being in movies, and unlike acting, doing PR isn't an area of  performance that we're as likely to think of as an art or something that entails admirable skill or talent. It's more like what politicians and salesfolk do. But that's all the more reason to take note of the accomplishments in this endeavor.

10 comments:

Oso Negro said...

If the PR is really that good, you have already taken note.

Ann Althouse said...

"If the PR is really that good, you have already taken note."

Yes, but you haven't analyzed why or how that happened.

One reason to break it down is to see how influence happens and defend against it.

The most successful people are those 2 "Call Me By Your Name" men, with their movie in which a 24-year-old man gets a 17-year-old guy. How did we get softened up to that in the #MeToo year?

MayBee said...

I can't believe how checked out of the Oscars I have become. I do know some who are nominated, so I'm not completely oblivious. But for decades, this was my second Christmas. Now the idea of watching fills me with dread.

I don't even want to watch the Red Carpet because of all the angst there this year. Should they talk to Ryan Seacrest, who might have harassed his assistant? And the actresses all want to be asked about important questions-- is fashion now sexist? Why oh why do we only ask the women about their clothes (the complaint goes)?

Fernandinande said...

The Nobel prizes should take marketing into account. The Olympics, too.

tcrosse said...

As an example of pure PR for its own sake, I cite the Kardashians.

Fernandinande said...

The Nobel prizes should take the Olympics into account: "Creative knowledge + running ability + marketing results" weighted .2, .3, .5.

the 4chan Guy who reads Althouse said...

Instead of the brain-numbing Oscars, and the actors and actresses berating you for your beliefs, you could instead watch the new full-length Laslo Films film on YouTube:

Laslo Films presents "Jeremiah's Woods"

Hollywood doesn't love you, but Laslo does.

Darrell said...

WoW! A feature-length Laslo film! Pink-donut continuity!

Darrell said...

Special guest appearance by Barbie. She had her arm ripped off, just like Michelle Fields did by Corey Lewandowski. I hope there is no titty-twisting by the evil Chuck. That usually comes next.

mikee said...

The Oscars are promotional self-awards from the movie industry to the movie industry, with only one purpose, putting paying butts in movie theater seats. To think of them as anything more than a long advertisement is to be delusionally stupid.