[Braden]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

So you can't name one which proves my point.

The principle doesn't hold up, the argument is that, by nominating the short film for an oscar, it's going to get a lot of attention and benefit the director but that's not the case. The short film award rarely gets attention and the people who make them don't go on to achieve success purely for it.

There's no such thing as bad publicity in situations, the only thing she's achieved in doing now is getting a lot more people to watch the film then they would have if she didn't say anything. If anything, her actions are probably gonna benefit the film's chances because now there's a narrative going on in an award that nobody pays attention to and the academy loves a good award narrative.

She could have done more damage to the film by staying silent. All she's achieved by speaking out is increase it's chances of winning.

Nobody should be held ransom and name winners of a specific category to validate their point. These award ceremonies all blur into one for me, personally. I couldn't even tell you who won Best Picture last year because there are so many shows and it's all pretentious drivel. tbh, you already counter-acted your point by mentioning the winner of the Short Film award from last year, which now you've mentioned, I remember generated a lot of publicity and recognition on social media.

Almost 100,000 people signed a petition to stop this film from being shown and to revoke the Oscar nomination, so to ignore that and say that all it's done is make more people watch the film...well, you'd need the proof first of all. Also, if it has, it doesn't mean the producer/director will come out of this looking pretty with his cheap and tacky tactic. The Oscar's will be complicit if they do give the film the award for that reason.

Not speaking out would not have damaged the film, per say. The fact that it achieved an Oscar nomination is a feat, regardless of whether you think people don't care about it. However, it would've gnawed at the person at the forefront of this tragedy and she had every right to speak out about this, regardless of the film's position in entertainment and arts or how many people will/have watched it. Especially since the film was so unnecessary and added no value to the case itself.