When Oscar got it wrong

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🗓️ 23 January 2025

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Summary

What do Babygirl, Singing in the Rain and Apocalypse Now have in common? They've all been overlooked by Oscar voters.

Some Oscar blunders fall into the category of snubs - others show a failure to recognize films that will endure.

Now sometimes, these critiques are a matter of movie taste. Sometimes, they're a broader matter of representation – raising questions about who the movie industry chooses to celebrate or ignore.

The Academy Awards have made some truly epic misses over their long history.

Two of NPR's film regulars dig into those times when the Oscars got things very wrong, and what that tells us about the art, culture and business of the movies.

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0:00.0	That special day is here again.
0:02.8	Good morning, everyone.
0:05.1	The members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have voted,
0:08.9	and Thursday at 5.30 a.m. Hollywood time we finally found out.
0:12.7	Are we ready for some nominees?
0:14.3	How badly they messed up this year's Oscar nominations.
0:18.2	Look, that's not to knock this year's picks.
0:20.5	You can't disagree with Coleman Domingo,
0:22.2	Demy Moore, long overdue recognition. Wicked, it speaks for itself. But, but complaining about
0:28.6	who got snubbed is an essential part of the Oscars experience. Last year, the internet was up in
0:34.4	arms for Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, who missed out on Best Director and Actress Noms for Barbie, even though Ryan Gosling was nominated for playing Ken.
0:42.5	Actually my job? It's just beach.
0:46.5	It happens every year. In fact, you can find annual biggest snubs and surprises clickbait
0:51.5	headlines going back to 2010 and probably further.
0:54.6	Honestly, we just got tired of Googling.
0:56.5	Now, sometimes these critiques are a matter of movie taste and sometimes they are broader
1:00.7	matters of representation, raising questions about who the movie industry chooses to celebrate
1:06.1	or ignore.
1:07.3	Like in 2015, when every nominated actor or actress was white, which host Neil Patrick Harris
1:12.4	nodded to in his opening monologue.
1:14.4	Tonight we honor Hollywood's best and whitest, sorry brightest.
1:18.7	For the next year, when it happened again.
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