<P> Unfortunately, the critical worth, artistic vision, cultural influence and innovative qualities of many films are not given the same voting weight . Especially since the 1980s, moneymaking "formula - made" blockbusters with glossy production values have often been crowd - pleasing titans (and Best Picture winners), but they haven't necessarily been great films with depth or critical acclaim by any measure . </P> <P> Typical criticism of the Academy Awards for Best Picture is that among the winners and nominees there is an over-representation of romantic historical epics, biographical dramas, romantic dramedies, and family melodramas, most of which are released in the U.S. the last three months of the calendar year . The Oscars have been infamously known for selecting specific genres of movies to be awarded . This has led to the coining of the term' Oscar bait', describing such movies . This has led at times to more specific criticisms that the Academy is disconnected from the audience, e.g., by favoring' Oscar bait' over audience favorites, or favoring historical melodramas over critically acclaimed movies that depict current life issues . </P> <P> The Academy Awards have long received criticism over its lack of diversity among the nominees . This criticism is based on the statistics from every Academy Awards since 1929 which shows us that only 6.4% of academy award nominees have been non-white and since 1991, 11.2% of nominees have been non-white, with the rate of winners being even more polarizing . The 88th awards ceremony became the target of a boycott, popularized on social media by the #OscarsSoWhite, based on critics' perception that its all - white acting nominee list reflected bias . In response, the Academy initiated "historic" changes in membership by the year 2020 . </P> <P> Acting prizes in certain years have been criticized for not recognizing superior performances so much as being awarded for personal popularity or presented as a "career honor" to recognize a distinguished nominee's entire body of work . </P>

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