The Oscars’ Ratings Were Terrible Because They Were in April

Learn a lesson from sports

Will Leitch
GEN
Published in
4 min readApr 26, 2021

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Photo via The Academy

For about 90 seconds, I thought the 2021 Academy Awards were going to be awesome. Regina King, who had a film she directed, One Night in Miami, up for three Oscars the year after she won one for If Beale Street Could Talk, strode into the Oscars like she owned the place. Producer Steven Soderbergh gave her an Ocean’s

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Will Leitch
GEN
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Author of six books, including “How Lucky” and "The Time Has Come." NYMag/MLB.. Founder, Deadspin. https://williamfleitch.substack.com