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The best thing about this year’s batch of Oscar nominees is that there’s no worst thing about it. Since April Reign launched the #OscarsSoWhite campaign, in 2015, the Academy has been making efforts to open membership to more people of color and to more women. After a particularly vigorous push for new members in 2020, the effect of those changes is apparent. It isn’t so much that this year’s nominated films are better than those of the past but, rather, that there aren’t any monstrosities among their ranks no “Green Book,” “Joker,” or “Jojo Rabbit” to suggest that the Academy is not merely out of touch but cavalierly regressive. Instead, there are eight respectable movies nominated for Best Picture, none exciting or boldly original though that’s less a reflection on the taste of voters than on the circumstances of the past year, when many notable movies were withheld from release because of the coronavirus pandemic and others fell
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A Newsy examination finds all eight movies up for Best Picture this year meet the diversity standards that ll take effect in 2024.
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This year s Oscar nominees are the most diverse in the award show s history.
This watershed year could become the norm once the Academy s new eligibility standards for the best picture category go into effect in 2024.
There are multiple ways each of the four standards can be met, and movies only need to fulfill two of the four to be considered for best picture. The rules are lengthy, but they basically boil down to benchmarks covering on-camera talent, composition of film crews, opportunities for interns and apprentices, and the diversity of studio executives.
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