The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences holds its Academy Awards ceremony every year to award its Oscars to the most deserving people in the film industry – both for artistic and technical merit. They give awards for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Animated Feature, and for a whole host of other categories. These awards are an international recognition of excellence in cinematic achievement as selected by the Academy’s voting membership.
Well, at least the awards are supposed to be given to the most deserving. Of course, there has always been an element of politics involved, as those up for awards are often very active in their efforts to persuade the voting members to vote for them. But overall, “the cream does rise to the top.” Well, at least it used to. Seemingly, a new dynamic will be coming into play that will make the award even less based on merit.
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