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4 anonymous Oscar voters get very candid about secret ballot picks: Maestro is 'vanity show,' 'hated' Poor Things

Four anonymous Academy Awards voters share very candid thoughts about their secret ballot picks for the 2024 Oscars, including calling 'Maestro' a Bradley Cooper 'vanity show' and 'Poor Things' an 'uncomfortable' experience.

EW interviews 4 anonymous Academy voters for their secret ballot Oscars picks.Adobe Stock; Warner Bros; Universal Pictures; Focus Features; Netflix - Design: Alex Sandoval On paper, I don’t think a year ago we would’ve thought this would be a zeitgeist moment, and Oppenheimer incorporated all the elements, from an incredible ensemble to a phenomenal script to the craftspeople — top to bottom, a superlative film. In the same way Oppenheimer addresses the existential threat of human extinction at our own hubris-fueled hands, American Fiction speaks to how flummoxed I am with what seems to be the ever-growing stupidity of those who shape our culture and, by default, those who ingest it and ask for more.

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