The Academy Awards - Should the Actor and Actress Categories Be Merged?

[DonRocks]

On 10/31/2017 at 11:53 AM, DonRocks said:

PS - As much as I love "Unforgiven," Jaye Davidson deserved the award for Best Supporting Actor over Gene Hackman.

This is as good a time to ask as any: As long as society is making an attempt to overhaul gender inequality, why do the Academy Awards still have separate awards for Best Actor and Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress?

Back in my youth, my response to equal pay for female tennis players was, jokingly, "Let's throw everyone in the same tournament, and double the prize money." But why *not* throw everyone into the same acting category? I guess it doesn't really hurt anything to leave it as is, but at this point, it doesn't seem very logical.

[iolaire]

No because women are less likely to be hired into significant roles.

[DonRocks]

4 minutes ago, iolaire said:

No because women are less likely to be hired into significant roles.

But so are ethnic minorities, children, and the disabled.

[iolaire]

27 minutes ago, DonRocks said:

But so are ethnic minorities, children, and the disabled.

Your final version is much more PC, the email alert was much shorter  Good point.

[DonRocks]

42 minutes ago, iolaire said:

Your final version is much more PC, the email alert was much shorter  Good point.

Well, I started thinking about Aziz Ansari, Steven Yeun, and RJ Mitte, and those are just television actors from shows I've seen.

(I often edit my own posts 3-4 times in the space of a few minutes, because I don't fully think them out at first.)