Tonight, I'm taking a look at the Oscars, since everyone else is. Especially since Chris Rock made the joke that there should be "black" Oscar categories the way that there are men's and women's categories -- as a way to ensure diversity.
Chris Rock apparently has a point. Because WITHOUT gendered awards, women might not get many Academy Awards either. Especially if there isn't a sequel to Mad Max: Fury Road next year, which boasted half of the women winners.
Let's start with the Sci-Tech awards, those poor little stepchildren who always get their own "special" event prior to the main event so as not to "bore" the viewing public.
Out of 33 winners this year, none -- that's right NONE -- were women. I was so surprised, I actually had to go back and count again.
By my count, of the non-gendered Academy Awards given out on television tonight, 10 were won by women and 29 were won by men, for a total score of 25.6%, almost perfectly mirroring the nominations.
The Nominee Count (for those who are counting): 44 women, 142 men
(Women got 23.7% of the non-gendered category nominations).
Best Picture: 7 women, 17 men
Best Animated Feature Film: 1 woman, 9 men
Directing: 0 women, 5 men
Cinematography: 0 women, 5 men
Costume Design: 4 women (if you count Sandy Powell twice), 1 man
Film Editing: 3 women, 3 men
Production Design: 4 women, 7 men
Visual Effects: 1 woman, 19 men
Screenplay (Adapted): 2 women, 4 men
Screenplay (Original): 2 women, 12 men
Documentary (Feature): 3 women, 8 men
Documentary (Short Subject): 3 women, 4 men
Makeup and Hairstyling: 4 women, 4 men
Original Score: 0 women, 5 men
Original Song: 2 women, 9 men
Animated Short Film: 2 women, 6 men
Live Action Short Film: 1 woman, 6 men
Sound Editing: 0 women, 8 men
Sound Mixing: 0 women, 15 men
Foreign Film (Director's gender): 0 women, 5 men
(I'm excluding the Governor’s Awards, given out last November, which went to two women and one man, because that doesn't quite feel "real". You can add them into the numbers if you like.)
PS - Happy to see Leo finally win! :)
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