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Should you watch the 2021 Oscars? A skeptic’s guide

A hard year for Hollywood translates to a savory moment for people who indulge in Oscars schadenfreude. Last year’s ceremony featured a dramatic climax, when Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite" became the first non-English language film ever to win best picture. Like cameos by pets and kids, including Lee Isaac Chung’s daughter, who squeezed the “Minari" filmmaker when he won best foreign language film at the Globes. There’s never been a disruption like this one," says awards statistician and “Oscarmetrics" author Ben Zauzmer. It’s impossible to say how this year’s lineup would look if some big movies had come out in 2020 as planned, including musicals “West Side Story" and “In the Heights."

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