Salon’s 20 Years With Oscar

Salon’s Oscar coverage launched twenty years ago when television critic Joyce Millman put forth a plan to makeover the 68th Academy Awards ceremony. Since then, Salon’s fearless analysis and critique of this seminal show has informed the national discussion and made it smarter. The below collection—two decades’ worth of Salon Oscar writing—reflects changing concerns, attitudes, technologies, and storytelling platforms.1996 Joyce Millman suggested an “Osca