Oscars 2022: who needs viewers?
While the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences struggles to make the Oscars ceremony relevant to the viewing public, some question whether it's achievable, or even desirable. In a rare moment of awareness, Seth Rogen—the very definition of out-of-touch Hollywoke—doesn't believe that it matters.
"I don't get why movie people care so much if other people care what awards we give ourselves," actor Seth Rogen told Insider. "I don't care who wins the automobile awards. "No other industry expects everyone to care about what awards they shower upon themselves. Maybe people just don't care. Maybe they did for a while and they stopped caring. And why should they?"
Steven McIntosh, entertainment reporter, BBC News
I'd like to think that there's hope for him yet. But perhaps he just hasn't cottoned on to why viewership's a concern for AMPAS: viewers bring in advertising revenue for ABC. Being Jewish, I thought he'd appreciate that.