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We are recirculating it now timed toBarbies streaming debut on Max.
(With some exceptions.)
Now its time to wonder just how far this thing can go.
Like, say, next spring?
Add it all up, andOppenheimermay very well lead the field in total nominations.
But could it win the big prize?
Cerebral period pieces from major auteurs havent taken home many trophies lately.
Their shadows will loom large over this campaign.
But heres where the #Barbenheimer phenomenon could help.
(No one was strolling into their local AMC dressed as Jimmy Hoffa.)
Could the meme make voting forOppenheimerseem … fun?
Still, if films likeOppenheimerdont win Best Picture anymore, what does?
Maybe Im crazy, but doesnt that sound a little likeBarbie?
It will take a smart campaign, certainly.
Many voters will have trouble getting past the doll factor.
More so thanOppenheimer, there is a chanceBarbiesimply could be written off as not an Oscar movie.
Helpfully, the people behindBarbieare not Academy interlopers; they have already been welcomed into the club.
Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling have each been nominated for two acting Oscars.
Those gold-plated resumes should go some way toward convincing votersBarbieis not just a blockbuster.
And if theres any justice in this world, Im Just Ken will earn a nomination for Original Song.
Whether a summer movie can score with Oscar usually depends on what happens in the fall.
