The Oscars changes will end up making no one happy

Published August 9, 2018 5:56pm ET



America is having a moment. In case you missed the high drama of the 2016 election or the ongoing analysis of a great cultural divide in the country pitting the coastal elites against everyone in the middle, the Academy Awards have made an effort to remind you of it. In an announcement on Wednesday, the academy teased that “change is coming” with the addition of a “Popular Film” category and a more compressed three-hour runtime of its award show.

This should come as no surprise.

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