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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet Mar 29

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Ross Douthat

      1. So if I'm reading Ross right, he's mad that CODA won and Dune didn't. Now, I like Dune quite a bit but it's worth thinking about why Dune wasn't really in the running despite being in the (longish) nomination list.https://twitter.com/DouthatNYT/status/1508950829885235200 …

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      Ross DouthatVerified account @DouthatNYT
      A lot of theaters barely survived Covid, non-tentpole movies don't open big anymore, nobody knows how to make a star, and as our Big Advertisement for the movies we're picking ... a sweet-natured little movie that nobody saw, that played on the least successful streaming service?
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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet Mar 29

      2. Okay, Ross Douthat isn't mad Dune didn't win. So I won't use him as a straw man. But my friend @bellye66 is mad that Dune didn't win and he's not alone. But I was pretty sure that despite its impressive number of nominations and wins Dune didn't stand a chance. Why?

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet Mar 29

      3. The Academy likes to reward "sweet-natured little movies" and rarely rewards big budget fantasy/sci-fi with best picture (the big modern exception is the last Lord of Rings, which has the sanction of being seen as capital-L Literature)

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet Mar 29

      4. In addition to being a sci-fi spectacle, Dune is also only half a movie (2nd part might have more of a shot) but also humanely remote. It's all about awe & grandeur & not, as the kids say, relatable (unless you're a genetic superman/messiah).

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        1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet Mar 29

          5. Anyways, @bellye66 and I argue about various Oscar stuff -- the slap, of course, but also who won and why, Campion's triumph, Dune versus CODA etc.https://jeetheer.substack.com/p/podcast-the-slap-heard-round-the?r=bh54&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email …

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        1. Van Weasel‏ @vanweezer Mar 29
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          I can relate to it as someone watching forces beyond my control destroy every vestige of civilization while being doomed to wonder an environment hostile to human life

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        1.  🔮 Oracle of Obama  🔮‏ @jryangolden Mar 29
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          Dune was directed in a way that made it impossible to win in any acting category as well

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        1. Vanessa Porteous‏ @VanessaPorteous Mar 29
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          Who cares what I think, but yeah, Dune was extraordinary technically & had some very “poussé” design and acres of good taste. But it was SO BORING and portentous. As dry as that planet they were on. Who WERE those people.

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