AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... : A brief history of the statuette.(motion picture award)

Commonweal | April 6, 2001| | Copyright

In the 1960s and 1970s, shortly after Oscar night, the tonier movie critics such as John Simon would write articles scoffing at the choices of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Simon, in particular, would go right down the list, examining nearly every category and complaining that even the worthier winners were not really the worthiest.

This wasn't just a case of a few New York highbrows flaunting their refinement in reproach of Hollywood vulgarity. Practically everyone who really loved movies felt the same way back then. After all, these were the ...

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