Beyonce Disqualified for Oscar Songwriting Category — Page 2

I don't see the problem with a group of people working together on a song.
In fact, it can be traced back to the roots of Jazz, the American Musical form and one of the parents of R&B, namely the call and response of farm workers on plantations, as well as in black churches in the south, not to mention blues, often performed and improvisationally written by a group.

The real problem is that the Academy is following an artistic model that reflects the Western classical artistic tradition, where the creation of art seems to be mostly a solitary effort, while in non-western cultures and subcultures, the creation of art is a communal effort.

At the very least, it's ethnocentric. But anyway, the point is that it seems unfair and arbitrary, regardless of anyone's opinion on how many people it takes to write a song, or rather to create any piece of art. What difference does it make? Does more people involved in the creation of a work of art somehow dilute the creativity and the artistry?

It makes me think of something, I don't want to hijack the thread, but can someone quickly answer this question if they know off the top of their head:

With movies like This Is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show, where most of it is improv, who gets the writing credit if nominated?

Just my opinion

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The Academy's been handing out Oscars to people who do nothing for years...

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