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    Should the 2021 Oscars happen? Yes, and here's why

    by Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times Oct 13, 2020 6 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced in June that it was pushing back the 2021 Oscars two months to April 25 and extending the eligibility window to the end of February, reactions from members generally fell into one of three camps: 1) Awards season is long enough already. Please, in the name of God, don't do this 2) Seriously? An eight-month awards season? DO NOT DO THIS. 3) Thank you! Now I can binge-watch "The Great British Baking Show" over the holidays without feeling guilty about that pile of screeners teetering in the corner.

    So, yes, the response was mixed. Understandably so. Be honest: In the middle of a global pandemic and the dumpster fire that is 2020, all anyone wants to do right now is watch "The Great British Baking Show" and not be judged. And by "anyone," I mean me. If you disagree, let me know, and I'll send some coconut macaroons your way.

    But I digress. The academy's thinking behind delaying the Oscars was to give

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