TEH OSCARSS

I’m not sure why I still care about the Academy Awards, but I do. No, actually, I do know why I still care: because it continues to be, warts and all, a pretty good representation of what Hollywood cares about. And that’s important, insofar as that small group of people exports culture to the rest of the world, and it says something about what stories are deemed important right now.

Up through 2016, the AMPAS would publish a “view by film” count on their official list of nominees for the year...