Do You Care About Award Shows? (Grammy/Oscar/Emmy/etc)

[Orlong]

Because to be a millionaire actor, you need more than acting skills.

And a lot of times you dont need any. Look at people with absolutely no acting skills like the Jackass guy or Kim Kardashian

[The Flavour Cat]

What does our age have to do with the poll?
I used to watch a few awards ceremonies in full (brit awards), but nowadays I just watch small clips/highlights on youtube. I might record highlights of music awards on tv if there are some performances worth a watch, but apart from that the only ceremony I watch entirely is the film BAFTAs. It's the only major film ceremony that is in it for the art, whereas the Academy Awards are more about commercialism and ratings.

[Denkou]

And a lot of times you dont need any. Look at people with absolutely no acting skills like the Jackass guy or Kim Kardashian

They're not actors, they're reality TV stars. There's a difference.

[Deleted]

Well, yeah but how often do you see all the major networks and news websites devote tons of attention to those awards?

Nobel Awards? Has to be the award show with most coverage in the world. They are also just doing their jobs.

[Arrowstormen]

What does our age have to do with the poll?
I used to watch a few awards ceremonies in full (brit awards), but nowadays I just watch small clips/highlights on youtube. I might record highlights of music awards on tv if there are some performances worth a watch, but apart from that the only ceremony I watch entirely is the film BAFTAs. It's the only major film ceremony that is in it for the art, whereas the Academy Awards are more about commercialism and ratings.

Wouldn't the big grossers then not make more Oscars if that were the case?

[Stormcall]

Nobel Awards? Has to be the award show with most coverage in the world. They are also just doing their jobs.

Sorry mate, but in the US the Nobel awards don't even get a THIRD of the coverage the Oscars do.

[Karaoke]

I'm just wondering if I'm the minority - I was at dinner last night and my sister mentioned she needed to get home to watch the Grammies. I don't really care about award shows for a multitude of reasons, but that's not the important part. My dad mentioned he thought I might be in the minority in that I don't really follow who wins what or even care about them in general (I will watch clips afterwards that people post on reddit and such that are amusing - opening monologues and good one-liners for example). I would just like people to vote on the poll (you can respond if you want) by your age group and whether or not you care.

EDIT: I'd like to add that there is no shame in liking or disliking these shows, I'm just curious.

Most people don't care and don't watch, however for the rest of people, it's a conversation piece. People like to feel a part of something, similar to sporting events. They may not be a part of it, but god damn if they don't want to talk about the decisions and their opinions on it.

[Deleted]

I don't really care but there are some performances I would like to see that were done there.

[Orlong]

Nobel Awards? Has to be the award show with most coverage in the world. They are also just doing their jobs.

Im not sure if they even show the Nobel awards in the US. I didnt even know there was an actual ceremony. I thought they just listed who won them in a scientific magazine or somthing

[McNeil]

I'm 21 and never cared of them in the slighest

[JaoStar]

It's too political for me. Art is subjective anyway so how do you really determine what is the best of anything. Today's music is a joke for the most part aside for a couple of artist out there most of it I could do without. The Oscars are way political, whenever there is a process that one has to follow in order to get on the ballad you know its contrived.

[Icaras]

I find them a bit meaingless. Take the oscars, for example. A small "academy" of old men whose tastes seem to differ from my own, decides what are the "best" films and so on (which almost always turn out to be big piles of garbage films)

That's why I laugh when I see films hype themselves based on an actor having won an oscar. I didn't get to vote on that actor being better than any other, why should I care that some old American men think he was?