The Academy Awards are this weekend. Almost no one has even heard of the movies up for Best Picture.
If nothing else, the pandemic has shown us the weaknesses of our cultural and political institutions.
Case in point, this year’s Oscars. They have problems. Big problems.
You can see those problems in the public’s relationship to the movies up for best picture, the ceremony’s top award.
For one thing, it’s not clear anyone has seen any of the movies nominated.
I have no idea what has been nominated and I know I haven’t seen any of them.
