For many reasons this year, the Oscars Ceremony feels a bit detached from a world on the brink. Maybe the real life headlines are scarier than anything Hollywood could conjure up on the screen. There is the hard fact of higher energy prices making life even more unaffordable for the average person. Buying a tank of gas could cost a kidney.
Nominee Timothee Chalamet made a headlines for a past comment on ballet and opera not being relevant. The media grabbed on this cultural faux pas at times came across an attempt to grab attention from a battered audience staring at the Persian Gulf.
Sinners and One Battle After Another will battle for the gold statues on Sunday. But the question is: Will Anyone really care?