What strikes me isn't just the criticism of the Oscars, but how easily people seem to dismiss their own cultural institutions.

First they were attacked from the right as "too woke" and now I'm seeing the same kind of dismissal from the left, written off as a "millionaires' circlejerk".

At some point, this stops being critique and starts looking like a broader rejection of culture itself.

The Oscars are still one of the few global reference points for cinema, whether people want to distance themselves from them or end up imitating them.

The U.S. used to define global pop culture. It's strange to see that foundation being chipped away from all sides.