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Gen Z Doesn’t Have Enough Cultural Identity To Care About The Oscars

The sad result of a continuously fluctuating culture is a generation of young people who have no common cultural identity.

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In 1998, 57 million viewers watched the 70th annual Academy Awards, anxious to see whether movies like Titanic, Good Will Hunting, and L.A. Confidential would win awards. In contrast, just 17.9 million viewers tuned in to this year’s 98th Academy Awards, marking one of the Oscars’ lowest viewership ratings since it became televised. The decline of the Oscars can be chalked up to any number of factors: woke “jokes” alienating audiences, lower-quality movie productions, or even the general decline of broadcast television.

Beyond these factors, the cultural importance of movies has drastically changed in the past few decades. The 1998 Academy Awards featured a range of stars, from Jack Lemmon to Jennifer Lopez, representing the multigenerational importance of film. The host, Billy Crystal, was a beloved comic who was at the height of........

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