CODA’s Triumph Revealed What It Takes to Win Best Picture Now—And Why Netflix Lost (Again)

The desperate disconnect between the Oscars broadcast and the films actually honored by the Academy—Zack Snyder getting far more screen time than Licorice Pizza, the glaringly inelegant shoehorning of off-telecast acceptance speeches, the shoddy tributes to Bond and The Godfather—came to a subtler head by the time a lengthy, poorly produced, and eventually surreal ceremony reached the last award of the night. When CODA won best picture—as was widely predicted, despite being seen as a long shot less than a month ago—more people were paying attention to the Oscars than producer Will Packer could’ve dreamed. Just not for the awards… Read Full Article