Reporter gets shut down asking about Oscar’s new diversity requirement.

[Anonymous]

https://rmx.news/denmark/it-would-be-a-little-weird-danish-director-dismisses-concerns-over-all-nordic-cast-and-lack-of-diversity-in-latest-film-set-in-1750s-denmark/



Uh, so your movie will not qualify for the Acedemy Awards due to lack of diversity…….

Our movie was set in 1750’s Denmark……


So what will happen to so many great movies that don’t fit hollywoods diversity Guidlines? Do you now have to be historically incorrect to qualify? Think about a movie like Cast Away with Tom Hanks. It’s basically a full movie with Tom Hanks alone on an island. So by todays standards, this movie where he won a golden globe, would not even be eligible for that or the Oscar’s?

How stupid is Hollywood?

[Anonymous]

Very very stupid.

[Anonymous]

There should be an exemption if it is a historical piece….

If the movie was about the Russian Revolution in 1918, I would expect the cast to be all Russian. I would not expect to see any Asian, Latino, African Americans as they were not present there at that time.

Would be weird to see a Latino Russian army general?

[Anonymous]

The other way to meet the diversity requirement is by hiring a diverse crew. No excuses not to do that for historical films.

[Anonymous]

The academy is cutting off their nose to spite their face.

[Anonymous]

The journalist cited “Parasite,” a South Korean film that became the first foreign language film ever to win the Best Picture award in 2020, as an example of another film that lacked diversity but was considered eligible for the category because of its South Korean origin; he then asked for their thoughts on the “conundrum” that an all-Nordic cast would not be eligible.

If the South Korean film had no white people I'm sure it counted as "diverse" to Hollywood.

[Anonymous]

My prediction is that Hollywood will try this for a few years, realize it isn’t working, then silently walk it back without any fanfare. Stupid indeed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My prediction is that Hollywood will try this for a few years, realize it isn’t working, then silently walk it back without any fanfare. Stupid indeed.

Just like corporations are dumping their DEI departments and slashing those budgets. The movement is dying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The other way to meet the diversity requirement is by hiring a diverse crew. No excuses not to do that for historical films.

I guess the excuse is that you don't want to be a racist.

[Anonymous]

Forced diversity is repugnant and doesn’t serve the intended purpose.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My prediction is that Hollywood will try this for a few years, realize it isn’t working, then silently walk it back without any fanfare. Stupid indeed.

Just like corporations are dumping their DEI departments and slashing those budgets. The movement is dying.

+1
Several articles in the past few weeks about DEI employees trying to pivot to other roles now that they are no longer the shiny new thing.

[Anonymous]

The DEI industrial complex (read: shakedown) is over. Pure crap.

[Anonymous]

Winning an Oscar has lost its cachet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://rmx.news/denmark/it-would-be-a-little-weird-danish-director-dismisses-concerns-over-all-nordic-cast-and-lack-of-diversity-in-latest-film-set-in-1750s-denmark/



Uh, so your movie will not qualify for the Acedemy Awards due to lack of diversity…….

Our movie was set in 1750’s Denmark……


So what will happen to so many great movies that don’t fit hollywoods diversity Guidlines? Do you now have to be historically incorrect to qualify? Think about a movie like Cast Away with Tom Hanks. It’s basically a full movie with Tom Hanks alone on an island. So by todays standards, this movie where he won a golden globe, would not even be eligible for that or the Oscar’s?

How stupid is Hollywood?

It appears that he didn't read the requirements.

There are ways to meet the requirements without having a single cast member who is female (a group that existed in Denmark), disabled (a group that existed in Denmark), LGBTQ+ (a group that existed in Denmark), or a member of an undereppresented group.

So, no there is nothing there that says you can't make a movie about Denmark and hope to win.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://rmx.news/denmark/it-would-be-a-little-weird-danish-director-dismisses-concerns-over-all-nordic-cast-and-lack-of-diversity-in-latest-film-set-in-1750s-denmark/



Uh, so your movie will not qualify for the Acedemy Awards due to lack of diversity…….

Our movie was set in 1750’s Denmark……


So what will happen to so many great movies that don’t fit hollywoods diversity Guidlines? Do you now have to be historically incorrect to qualify? Think about a movie like Cast Away with Tom Hanks. It’s basically a full movie with Tom Hanks alone on an island. So by todays standards, this movie where he won a golden globe, would not even be eligible for that or the Oscar’s?

How stupid is Hollywood?

It appears that he didn't read the requirements.

There are ways to meet the requirements without having a single cast member who is female (a group that existed in Denmark), disabled (a group that existed in Denmark), LGBTQ+ (a group that existed in Denmark), or a member of an undereppresented group.

So, no there is nothing there that says you can't make a movie about Denmark and hope to win.

+100

C‘’mon people. This is just fake outrage.