Don’t think of it as a reversal.
Think of it as the first act of a movie in which the lead — an incredibly attractive, symmetrically faced character — is up against seemingly insurmountable odds. Except in this version, that handsome-yet-relatable hero is the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The challenge it faces is trying to make the sluggish annual Oscar ceremony a bit more lively. Only, it’s meeting a lot of resistance.
On Wednesday, the Academy announced in a statement that it is dropping the widely criticized “popular film” category it introduced less than a month ago from the 2019 awards, saying it has determined the award “merits further study.”
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