It’s that time of year, when anonymous Oscar voters show their asses by explaining their votes to entertainment outlets. It is interesting to see the patterns that emerge, how many people confess to voting for friends, mention the preferential balloting system, and talk about “throwing away” votes. No one wants to back a loser, so a lot of people end up voting for not the best or even their favorite movie, but the frontrunner they would least mind seeing win. If that doesn’t explain pretty much everything about the Oscars, I don’t know what does.
今年的匿名投票表明，一个投票机构与我们今年所看到的任何人一样分开，在那没有达成共识的最佳照片。但是，如果您浏览匿名选票，一些事情就会成为焦点。看来拉米·马里克（Rami Malek）在包中拥有最好的演员奖杯。阿方索·库伦（Alfonso Cuaron）领导着最佳导演。“ Shallow”将是最好的歌曲，这是您办公室奥斯卡泳池最可靠的选择。Roma可能是closest thingto a Best Picture front-runner we have, andBohemian Rhapsodyis likely to win at least one sound award. Ruth Carterhas some support，但是服装类别仍然具有疯狂的竞争力。
But as I said, the honest ballots are really about Academy members showing their ass, and so far, no one has bared more moon than thefirst anonymous voter报告在好莱坞斯科特·范伯格再保险porter. How have these people not learned to run these responses by someone before handing them in? Every year someone says some sh-t that makes your eyes bug out, and this year is no different. This voter, who I shall call Chet, thinksRomais an “expensive home video”, doesn’t believe the Academy has ever been racist, and refused to vote for one of the short films because it is about menstruation. Let’s break this down.
TheRomathing I’m not even going to touch, because like a film, don’t like a film—that’s a matter of taste. One of the other anonymous voters didn’t likeThe Favourite, which is sad for them, but that’s how this works. Not everyone likes the same stuff. But I want to address Chet’s perception of the Academy’s racism—or lack thereof—and his refusal to vote for a short about a female bodily function, because these two things are related. On the subject of racism, Chet says,“I believe, in my heart of hearts, that the Academy, even before the last few years, was not racist at all, but that its members just cared about certain issues more than others.”What Chet has just described is bias. And if the issues shoved aside are the ones that deal with racial equality and equal opportunity, then yeah, that’s racist.
因此，许多人只将种族主义视为暴力行为。切特进入了BlacKkKlansman, it “reminds [him] that things really haven’t gotten better”. What he is reacting to is the closing piece of the film, which includes real footage from Charlottesville, where violence took a life. If that is your only perception of racism, that it is violent and life-threatening, then the more passive forms, such as institutional bias—of which the Academy is CERTAINLY guilty—aren’t going to ping your radar. Chet’s friends, like Viggo Mortensen, only use the N-word in appropriate, contextual situations, and none of them have any aggressive ill will toward people of color. Therefore: no racism.
But bias is rampant in Chet’s responses, particularly a bias against women. He likesThe Favourite, it “turned [him] on”, but he “didn’t get what it was trying to say”. Well, one thingThe Favouriteis saying is that patriarchal society forces women into competition. But beyond the elements that can turn him on, he doesn’t see it as “solid”. Could this also be why he is so dismissive ofRoma,a film about women’s experiences?
But the real kicker is his flat-out refusal to vote for the short film Period. End of Sentence. He says, “It’s well done, but it’s about women getting their period, and I don’t think any man is voting for this film because it’s just icky for men.” First of all, don’t assume every dude out there has your hang ups, CHET. Because menstruation isn’t icky for men. Men buy tampons when their partners need them, they rub sore lower backs and provide hot water bottles as needed. Men get that this is a thing that happens and can’t be helped. BOYS are grossed out by periods. BOYS can’t cope with the natural functioning of a woman’s body. Chet is a BOY.
But more than that, Chet is biased and his bias has a distinct flavor of misogyny. He doesn’t see the social relevance ofThe Favourite,他认为一个男人讲一个关于几个女性的故事是放纵的，即使他承认这是“做得好”的，他甚至不会考虑为短期投票。而且我保证，如果被问到，切特会上下发誓他不是厌恶女性的人。他有一个妻子！还有一个女儿！甚至可能是母亲！他曾经指导过一个女人，甚至没有亲吻她！切特是一个公平而公正的男子气概的典范。切特喜欢女人很好。他对女性没有问题。除了他们的身体是“奇怪的”，他认为他们的故事是放纵和无关紧要的，但是除此之外，切特是一个模特盟友！
The world is full of Chets, guys who insist they’re totally 100% down with women, but who can’t quite see the intrinsic value of us as fellow human beings. We’re not “solid”, our bodies are “icky”. And it’s not that they don’t care about our issues, it’s just that they care about “certain issues more than others”, and for some reason that they just can’t quite explain, women’s issues aren’t making that list. Well it’s 2019 and I don’t have time for that sh-t, CHET. I’m here to have fun and get sh-t done. So to the Chets of the world I say, in the immortal words of Conner4real,F-CK OFF.
