Oscar Wilde once said, 鈥淭he one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it.鈥� That鈥檚 especially the case with the Academy Awards, where short-sighted Oscar politics often snub more deserving winners. Sometimes it’s hard to see the聽Forrest for the Shawshank 迟谤别别蝉,听Raging聽masterpieces rarely connect with Ordinary People,聽and academics raise聽Kane over How Green Was My Valley.
Hindsight is 20/20, so which films, actors and directors were really most deserving each year?
I’ve decided to re-open the envelopes to level the playing field, remembering forgotten genres such as comedy, action and horror; honoring actors for their breakthrough roles rather than “career Oscars” for a life’s body of work; and removing tired dogmas that say mainstream hits can鈥檛 compete with high art or that foreign films should be relegated to separate categories.
It’s time to set the record straight.
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