For years, if not decades, movie critics (me included) have been complaining about the Oscars, saying they're irrelevant. So now that the public is starting to ignore the awards, some of the critics seem to be panicking. I've been reading laments about the general falloff in public interest in the Big Night, as well as suggestions by some critics about how to goose up the Oscars and make them more popular. Maybe the Academy Awards are like Miss America, a relic of an era that has ended or is ending. Maybe it's time to hang up the sash -- or at least move it to cable.
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