award shows

Award Shows Make Us Mad … So Why Do We Still Watch Them?

Abby Worthington, Arcadia University

From the Oscars to the Grammys, award shows deliver content that fails to reflect current social transformation.…

March 20, 2023

Photo of winners from the Oscars award shows

Diversity and Inclusion Remain a Blindspot for Award Shows Even Today

Re’nesia Mills, University of Tampa

The Golden Globes, Oscars and Emmys have recently faced criticism for a lack of representation in their voting committees as well as their nominee and winner selections.…

November 5, 2021

The Ig Nobel Prize Makes People Both Laugh and Think

Amy Harris, Utah State University

The awards, a parody of the Nobel Prize, lampoon the inane, but will oftentimes find little moments of genius as well.…

August 30, 2021

The Emmy Nominations Are Out, and Once Again, I’m Disappointed

Luke Gair, Sewanee: The University of the South

Though the annual awards ceremony seeks to celebrate television's best, one look at the nominees suggests it's really just glorified gatekeeping. Why should media consumers rely on an oppressive institution to deem what is and…

August 9, 2020

The Oscars Mean More Than Just the Dresses

Why the Oscars Continue to Include the Boring Awards

Ben Zhang, Duke University

Except for Michael Bay productions, most films take a village, and that village has feelings too.…

March 1, 2017

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