Should we care about an awards show whose host tells us at the beginning of the show that awards shows are dead and nobody watched the nominated films?
That was the gauntlet thrown down by Hasan Minhaj at the beginning of Saturday’s Film Independent Spirit Awards in a monologue that did not pull punches in its acerbic look at Hollywood. But voters did their best to say “not so fast, buddy” by giving a slew of awards to the film that was watched by more people than any other nominee, “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
The film has made more than $100 million at the box office and seems to be on an unstoppable roll through next weekend’s Oscar ceremony.