Given your disparagement of attention spans of the Oscar voters (how many in nursing homes?), you have to wonder about the after-the-noms attacks, casting aspersion on Emilia Perez. If you watch that movie with nasty tweets on your mind, and cultural appropriation, and anti-Mexico-on-a-sound-stage sentiment, it may skew your vote on a weird one. A Complete Unknown may prove a safe haven for elderly voters too freaked out by Anora or EP.
Hi Walt. I've been a subscriber since you started this letter. I am trying to understand your chart on the Oscars and the column labels do not make sense to me.
The chart is "The most nominations does not make you a frontrunner". The first column is labelled "year" and the first row has "96" for the year, "Oppenheimer" as the Most Nominated Film. But if "96" refers to the year 1996 then how does that make sense, as Oppenheimer actually came out and was in the 2023 Academy Awards. Similarly down the list. Can you clarify?
the "year" refers to which ceremony it was. Last year was the 96th Academy Awards, this year will be the 97th (I was confused as well but not sure what would make a better label. `ceremony_num` ?)
Given your disparagement of attention spans of the Oscar voters (how many in nursing homes?), you have to wonder about the after-the-noms attacks, casting aspersion on Emilia Perez. If you watch that movie with nasty tweets on your mind, and cultural appropriation, and anti-Mexico-on-a-sound-stage sentiment, it may skew your vote on a weird one. A Complete Unknown may prove a safe haven for elderly voters too freaked out by Anora or EP.
Hi Walt. I've been a subscriber since you started this letter. I am trying to understand your chart on the Oscars and the column labels do not make sense to me.
The chart is "The most nominations does not make you a frontrunner". The first column is labelled "year" and the first row has "96" for the year, "Oppenheimer" as the Most Nominated Film. But if "96" refers to the year 1996 then how does that make sense, as Oppenheimer actually came out and was in the 2023 Academy Awards. Similarly down the list. Can you clarify?
the "year" refers to which ceremony it was. Last year was the 96th Academy Awards, this year will be the 97th (I was confused as well but not sure what would make a better label. `ceremony_num` ?)
yup, nailed it! i should have probably titled that column something different, or at least cardinalized the ceremonies.
Thank you. Agree with Zach -- enjoyed the analysis especially how nominations can be really skewed relative to the full academy vote.
Great analysis Walt!