【有文稿】小李子也该拿回奥斯卡了

LW: It’s Oscar season again, and while some people are getting excited, others are disappointed again. Now, Brian, maybe you can tell us a little about this? BK: Right. So there are four acting categories, there’s Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress. And for the second year in a row, all of the nominees, five for each, are white. LW: That’s very interesting. Last year I remember, it was a much bigger deal as well because one of the films in the running for Best Picture, Selma [BK: Right] which dealt with civil rights issues, and this is something that’s quite interesting because there’s two sides of the argument. The one side of the argument is that the Academy as a big institution, has a responsibility to acknowledge diversity in their nominations and in their awards. But at the same time, if the five best nominations, if all twenty of the best performances were by white actors, then all twenty of them should presumably be rewarded for that. But for me it’s actually quite difficult to see that happening. It’s not that is just, you know, as cut and dried as the best people should win. There’s also the issue of well you have to address historical ideas as well and have a idea of exactly what awards shows stand for. BK: Right, that is a fair point. And some people talk about whether or not the awards are really even that relevant anymore. LW: Yeah. Wu You, what do you think of this? WY: I have to mention there is someone that they still need to pay attention to this year - that is Leonardo DiCaprio. And this year the biggest movie is like “The Revenant”. I think it should win and finally Leonardo DiCaprio is getting something. BK: I think what Wu You is feeling, what some other people might feel is that Leonardo DiCaprio has been in a lot of movies that people thought he did a good job in. He’s probably gotten some nominations… WY: It’s a fantastic jobs. [BK: Right, right] Think about “Titanic”, think about “Catch me if You Can”, [LW: Okay] and “The Aviator”, The Wolf of the Wall Street… LW: You shouldn’t, you shouldn’t – that’s not the one he should have won for, but he deserves it. WY: He deserves it. LW: I agree. BK: Right, and but that’s the thing, people feel like, OK, he’s done all these things, he hasn’t really won so much, so, you know, maybe give it to him for this one, maybe not because this was actually an Oscar-worthy performance, but kind of like a lifetime achievement. WY: No, the thing is as well with these award shows and these nominations is that it’s not sport, so there’s not an empirical way to show who was the best. It’s all subjective. Which is fine and that’s the nature of a lot of award shows. At the same time, these things are subjective; people say, well, the criteria that you used to measure the performances for means that some things can be manipulated, some things can be changed, which means that maybe, maybe if someone put in a better performance than someone else like, like that that performance was in a greater historical context or societal context more important, so, it’s actually really difficult when it comes to that. What I do think it – the nominations are the one thing we can have a look at, but when it comes to actually winning, it’s very difficult to kind of say who deserves it more.