Oscar is 95 this year, meaning he’s been around longer than most of us. And many people assume the look of the award, his nickname and the structure of the annual voting … just kinda happened. Howe…
Oscar is 95 this year, meaning he’s been around longer than most of us. And many people assume the look of the award, his nickname and the structure of the annual voting … just kinda happened.details the thought and innovations behind these things in his authoritative new book, “The Academy and the Award: The Coming of Age of Oscar and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences” .
Davis also points out, “Contrary to widespread opinion, the Academy’s knight is neither naked nor bald.” Oscar is wearing a thong-like strap and has close-cropped hair. Davis writes that “almost no one outside their industry was thinking of movies as an art form” and awards were on the back burner of the new organization. In a pre-guild Hollywood, there were lots of battles between creatives and money people, so the Acad declared itself the arbiter of labor disputes. Another high priority was to battle the constant threat of censorship and negative publicity.
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