Nobody knows why the academy award statue is called an Oscar: even a former Academy director couldn't figure out which anecdote behind the golden statuette's nickname for sure. The most famously accepted story is about the hindquarters of the knight - standing on a film reel with five spokes resembling the derriere of an uncle named Oscar. https://youtu.be/8VuCTyFrw3U Such stories, like dreams, are brought to life via movies. So let’s look at this year’s Oscar winners, and let me tell you that I have not watched a single nominated movie this year, because we have completely cut down our screen times. Adwitya deserves to live in the real world as much as possible before the inevitable screens that surround us occupy her brain throughout waking life. On that note, the free-form movies that play in our minds while we sleep are serious contenders for oscars. Blockbuster action, heart wrenching drama, gut busting laugh-out-loud comedy, mysterious whodunit, poignant slice-of-life...
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