New York Post Reports: I heard that the Oscars now has new diversity rules which must be strictly adhered to if you want to win an Academy Award.
Specifically, any contending movie for the 2024 Academy Awards must meet two of four new criteria which include featuring a lead or significant supporting character from an “underrepresented racial or ethnic group,” having a main storyline that focuses on an underrepresented group, or at least 30% of the cast comes from two or more underrepresented groups (women, ethnic minorities, LGBTQ or the disabled).
I sighed loudly when I read this, which is now my body’s instinctive go-to response to any new outbreak of ludicrous woke claptrap.
Others experienced a more violent response.
Jaws star Richard Dreyfuss said the new rules “make me vomit” and seethed: “No one should be telling me as an artist that I have to give in to the latest, most current idea of what morality is.”
He added: “What are we risking? Are we really risking hurting people’s feelings? You can’t legislate that. And you have to let life be life and I’m sorry, I don’t think there is a minority or majority in the country that has to be catered to like that.”
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Jul 6, 2023
Just don't see the films. It's that simple. I've withheld my funds from businesses for years when they've done something I find repugnant. That was a moral boycott, because I was never able to get any support, but recent events show it works pretty well. Choice is: straighten up, or eventually you'll become inconsequential or just go out of business.