Twitter Discussion On New Academy Doc Rules

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RT @mattsinger: Via @hammertonail, we all have a new favorite film critic. http://t.co/EeS347ng

MT @MattDentler: After seeing it this weekend, I'm legitimately surprised that the Justin Bieber documentary isn't on the Oscar shortlist.

RT @MonteHellman: Completely blown away by A SEPARATION. Great screenplay, acting and direction. Olmi/Loach in Iran. Don't miss it.

DP: Disney comes up empty in top marketing chair. Who's next?

DP: @MattDentler Thing is, under new system, Bieber would be even less possible. No Academy member who didn't make it would watch it.

?You don?t want to go your whole life playing these beautiful girls. You want to play some bitchy parts. It?s much more interesting for you.?
~?Woody Allen To Rachel McAdams

?Let me make one thing perfectly clear. I know that online hecklers represent but a tiny fraction of readers. I also know it?s actually a privilege to get feedback like this. It means that people are actually reading what I write, that editors are actually publishing it, and, moreover, that I?ve been able to make a career out of observing the culture and expressing my thoughts in writing. Over the years, I?ve scrambled to pay rent with enough menial office jobs to know better than to take even one day of uninterrupted, paid (or even unpaid) writing for granted. I know that a lot of writers would kill to be called a squashed bug or a despicable pig, if only because it beats not being called anything at all. But if most writers have long understood that publishing is a privilege that carries certain responsibilities?foremost among them taking the time to present ideas in a careful and thoughtful manner, ideally with the help of one or more editors?many readers seem to be approaching their commenting privileges like teenagers with newly minted driver?s licenses. Belted in by anonymity and often distracted by the equally reckless ravings of their peers, they take potshots, spread untruths, and, at their worst, spew racism and bigotry that would put a professional writer out of business in a nanosecond. In so doing, they spread a rancor that can eclipse not only the original article but also the comments of readers who take a more constructive, civil approach. They take the very privilege the internet has afforded all of us?the privilege of equal opportunity, instant expression?and spit on it, making the very notion of ?speaking your mind? seem almost like a dirty practice, the national pastime of the lowest common denominator.?
~? Meghan Daum On Das Internet In The Believer

Source: http://moviecitynews.com/2012/01/twitter-discussion-on-new-academy-doc-rules/

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