Oscar ratings - all time low

[NWsoccerfan]

I never watch any of the award shows, but the liberal agenda they typically push seems to be pushing people away. Good to see the ratings dropping on stuff like this.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2018/03/05/collapse-oscar-ratings-crash-double-digits/

 

[BeyondFedUp]

EXCELLENT!
It's high time most Americans see the Hellyweird crowd for what they are. A bunch of self-serving, uber-leftist chunts.

 

[ramicackle]

The 1998 Oscars had 57.25 million viewers and 2018 had only 26.5 million. That is a monumental collapse considering that the US population was 270 million in 1998 and is at 327 million now. This is a big deal.

 

[Charles Martel]

 

[white is right]

Count me in on the tune out crowd. I haven't watched the Oscars since around the time Amadeus won for Best Picture.

 

[Thrashen]

"President Troll" mocks the Oscars, haha...

 

[jacknyc]

NFL ratings down and Oscars' ratings down.
It just goes to show that people don't want politics with their Entertainment.

 

[Don Wassall]

The 1998 Oscars had 57.25 million viewers and 2018 had only 26.5 million. That is a monumental collapse considering that the US population was 270 million in 1998 and is at 327 million now. This is a big deal.

Very startling and welcome decline when viewed from that perspective. From over 20% of the country watching in 1998 to about 8% now.

 

[ramicackle]

Does anyone think any of these films below could win Best Picture in the eyes of the 2018 Academy? They all won Best Picture in their year, but it seems the Academy changed somewhere around when the Tea Party helped the GOP win the house in 2010. Before 2010, the Academy would occasionally pick films that appealed to conservative sentiments or at least were celebrations of Western Civilization.

Unforgiven '92 (Eastwood)
Braveheart '95 (Gibson)
The English Patient '96
Shakespeare in Love '98
Gladiator '00
A Beautiful Mind '01
The Hurt Locker '09

I don't think movies like these can win with this liberal Academy. Even 1994's Best Picture, Forrest Gump, would be considered "problematic" as it has Skynyrd's Sweet Home Alabama in it. Maybe Shakespeare in Love isn't that conservative, but try teaching Shakespeare in a university these days and you'll get pushback from liberals who are against learning about "dead white males". Maybe the English Patient isn't that conservative, but I don't expect this Academy to vote for the English anything.

Disclaimer: I haven't seen No Country for Old Men ('07 winner), but it might qualify as a "conservative leaning" film. And Argo ('12 winner) happened under Jimmy Carter's watch, so I assume that selection was influenced by politics.

Or how about 1970's Best Picture, Patton? Now, there's a damn good film that couldn't win today.

 

[chris371]

Yeah who wants to watch a bunch of priveliged softie professional pretenders pat each other (and thereby themselves) on the back anyway. It's shameless self promotion.

 

[Heretic]

Does anyone think any of these films below could win Best Picture in the eyes of the 2018 Academy? They all won Best Picture in their year, but it seems the Academy changed somewhere around when the Tea Party helped the GOP win the house in 2010. Before 2010, the Academy would occasionally pick films that appealed to conservative sentiments or at least were celebrations of Western Civilization.

Unforgiven '92 (Eastwood)
Braveheart '95 (Gibson)
The English Patient '96
Shakespeare in Love '98
Gladiator '00
A Beautiful Mind '01
The Hurt Locker '09

I don't think movies like these can win with this liberal Academy. Even 1994's Best Picture, Forrest Gump, would be considered "problematic" as it has Skynyrd's Sweet Home Alabama in it. Maybe Shakespeare in Love isn't that conservative, but try teaching Shakespeare in a university these days and you'll get pushback from liberals who are against learning about "dead white males". Maybe the English Patient isn't that conservative, but I don't expect this Academy to vote for the English anything.

Disclaimer: I haven't seen No Country for Old Men ('07 winner), but it might qualify as a "conservative leaning" film. And Argo ('12 winner) happened under Jimmy Carter's watch, so I assume that selection was influenced by politics.

Or how about 1970's Best Picture, Patton? Now, there's a damn good film that couldn't win today.

Great post. I completely agree. Was actually just thinking about this last night that @2008-2009 is when it went into full SJW mode, after 0bama was elected. Argo was C1A-sponsored, and anti-Iran, so that's why it was "OK" for it to win.

 

[DixieDestroyer]

NFL ratings down and Oscars' ratings down.
It just goes to show that people don't want politics with their Entertainment.

Exactly! P1$$ on Hellyweird & the caste infused NFL (& NBA)!