▲ 103 ▼ Dwayne Johnson Speaks Out After ‘Smashing Machine’ Becomes His Worst Opening Ever: ‘You Can’t Control Box Office Results’ Box Office (variety.com) submitted 1 year ago by TheImpressiveX@piefed.social to c/movies@piefed.social 61 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] artyom@piefed.social 3 points 1 year ago (4 children) If Dewayne gets an Oscar then the whole thing is a sham. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Nanook@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago lol, that’s your line? The whole thing has been a sham from the beginning. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MotoAsh@piefed.social 6 points 1 year ago* (2 children) Hollywood running its own rewards shows has always been the Obama putting a medal on Obama meme... In fact, rewards ceremonies for most things are nothing but BS. Very, very few are actual rewards that seriously considered all applicable content, and even fewer serve a purpose beyond ego inflation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] artyom@piefed.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) I think it's more about increasing perceived value. I've definitely seen professionals literally just paying for awards. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] MotoAsh@piefed.social 1 point 1 year ago* Oh, perceived value... I guess that would be the outward side of ego for individuals like celebs. lol Only so many careers where those two can go hand in hand. (although under very much NOT meritocratic capitalism, ego goes a lot further than it should...) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nanook@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago lol, that’s your line? The whole thing has been a sham from the beginning. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MotoAsh@piefed.social 6 points 1 year ago* (2 children) Hollywood running its own rewards shows has always been the Obama putting a medal on Obama meme... In fact, rewards ceremonies for most things are nothing but BS. Very, very few are actual rewards that seriously considered all applicable content, and even fewer serve a purpose beyond ego inflation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] artyom@piefed.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) I think it's more about increasing perceived value. I've definitely seen professionals literally just paying for awards. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] MotoAsh@piefed.social 1 point 1 year ago* Oh, perceived value... I guess that would be the outward side of ego for individuals like celebs. lol Only so many careers where those two can go hand in hand. (although under very much NOT meritocratic capitalism, ego goes a lot further than it should...) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] artyom@piefed.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) I think it's more about increasing perceived value. I've definitely seen professionals literally just paying for awards. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] MotoAsh@piefed.social 1 point 1 year ago* Oh, perceived value... I guess that would be the outward side of ego for individuals like celebs. lol Only so many careers where those two can go hand in hand. (although under very much NOT meritocratic capitalism, ego goes a lot further than it should...) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MotoAsh@piefed.social 1 point 1 year ago* Oh, perceived value... I guess that would be the outward side of ego for individuals like celebs. lol Only so many careers where those two can go hand in hand. (although under very much NOT meritocratic capitalism, ego goes a lot further than it should...) permalink fedilink source parent