The Oscars 2019 Cut Categories and People Have Thoughts

February 13, 2019 11:39 AM EST

People aren’t too happy with the Oscars for relegating four categories to commercial breaks for the 91st Academy Awards.

In the wake of the Academy’s announcement that the awards for cinematography, film editing, live-action short, and makeup and hairstyling will be presented off-air when the 2019 Oscars are broadcast on Feb. 24, some who were critical of the switch-up took to Twitter to voice their disapproval.

Alfonso Cuarón, who is nominated for producing, directing, writing and cinematography for his film Roma, slammed the Academy for its exclusion of cinematography and editing in particular.

“In the history of CINEMA, masterpieces have existed without sound, without color, without a story, without actors and without music,” he tweeted. “No one single film has ever existed without CINEMAtography and without editing.”

In the history of CINEMA, masterpieces have existed without sound, without color, without a story, without actors and without music. No one single film has ever existed without CINEMAtography and without editing.
— Alfonso Cuaron (@alfonsocuaron) February 12, 2019

Others took a more comical route to express their objections. “Just heard the Academy is giving out Best Actress tonight in the parking lot of Rite Aid on Santa Monica and La Brea around 2am,” actor Billy Eichner joked. “This isn’t right.”

Just heard the Academy is giving out Best Actress tonight in the parking lot of Rite Aid on Santa Monica and La Brea around 2am. This isn’t right.
— billy eichner (@billyeichner) February 13, 2019

ABC has said that it will live-stream the cut award presentations online as well as air them later in the broadcast.

See some more reactions to this 2019 Oscars controversy below.

The irony is, without cinematography, editing, and hairstyling and makeup, this Oscars cermony is going to be a live action short. https://t.co/raEj3n5sof
— Colin Hanks (@ColinHanks) February 12, 2019

By cutting Cinematography and Editing from the show, the Oscars declare themselves as nothing more than a celebrity and marketing circus.

Photography & editing is filmmaking. It’s as simple as that.
— Nick Murphy (@nickmurftweets) February 12, 2019

The Academy can’t figure out how to fit 24 awards into 130 minutes of programming. Maybe they should hire a good editor. #oscars
— Douglas Crise (@Barrenrun) February 12, 2019

Reposting, revised: I would not presume to suggest what categories should occur during commercials on Oscars night, but, please: Cinematography & Editing are at the very heart of our craft. They are not inherited from a theatrical or literary tradition: they are cinema itself.
— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) February 13, 2019

Let's not forget that after 90 years of the Academy Awards, Best Cinematography is the sole #Oscar category which no woman has won. Can't wait for that future milestone to be celebrated off-air during a bathroom break...
— principal slaytographer (@elleschneider) February 12, 2019

A lot of filmmakers I respect are up in arms about this year’s #Oscars, but I think it was a brave choice for the academy to remove the “viewers” category
— Joss Whedon (@joss) February 12, 2019

People Aren’t Too Happy That These Oscar Categories Are Cut From the Broadcast

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