The Woke Oscars Will Be Entirely Out Of Step With The National Vibe Shift Right

THE FEDERALIST/ Auguste Meyrat-

Some things never change. Public opinion may change, new administrations may come into office, and popular media trends will always bubble and pop in the many streams of arts and entertainment. But the imperturbably woke standard the left imposes on everything under the sun will forever remain.

This is apparent in the recent Golden Globe winners and Academy Awards nominations. True to form, films with obviously woke values lay at the forefront: Emilia Pérez, a musical about a drug cartel kingpin “transitioning;” Conclave, in which a group of leftist bishops works against bigoted conservative bishops to elect the next pope; A Complete Unknown, a Bob Dylan biopic celebrating his leftist sensibilities and how he rocked out with people of color; and The Substance, an artsy horror film that examines the impossible beauty standards placed on women.

For good measure, there were more traditional (i.e., slightly less obviously woke) films like the three-and-a-half-hour The Brutalist, in which a Holocaust survivor architect makes his way in the antisemitic culture of New York City (a kind of woke version of Ayn Rand’s “The Fountainhead”), and Anora, a dark comedy set in Brooklyn about a prostitute who marries the son of a Russian oligarch (a kind of woke parody of Cinderella).

So yes, it’s another round of largely supposedly artistic films ostensibly pushing the boundaries of cinema and telling compelling stories for those with more refined tastes. With any luck, the people running the Oscars can ask Chris Rock to host again and have him take another slap from a popular celebrity to rouse the audience out of their induced comas. Continue reading…