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The Oscars x Symbolic Capital
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- Material Girls
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- Mar 24, 2026
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- 3479
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Summary
Did you watch The Oscars? Did you formerly watch The Oscars but don't anymore? Do you only consume The Oscars via clips on social media? Well guess what? No matter how you answered, you're not alone! In this week's episode, Hannah and Marcelle talk about the changing zeitgeisty-ness of the Academy Awards through a deep dive on the awards' early days, its legacy and what we might make of the show's move to Youtube starting 2029. Drawing on theorist Robert Boucault's new book, Oscar Bait: The Academy Awards & Cultural Prestige , Hannah helps us understand the complex ways the Oscars navigate various forms of capital in the field of filmmaking. We talk elitism, cultural capital, symbolic capital and capital intraconversion! Happy listening! Related Listening Book 4, Episode 8: Magical Capital (from Witch, Please Reboot ) Dopamine x Health Capitalism with Jesse Meadows Barbie x Petro-Capitalism Works Cited Baragona, Louis. “How the Oscars has changed over the past 92 years.” Business Insider 23 April 2021. https://www.businessinsider.com/oscars-over-the-years-2018-3 . Boucault, Robert. Oscar Bait: The Academy Awards & Cultural Prestige . New York: Routledge, 2026. https://doi-org.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/10.4324/9781003597605 . Feinberg, Scott. “Oscars’ TV Ratings Headache Turns Into a Migraine.” The Hollywood Reporter 2 March 2022. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/oscars-tv-ratings-live-telecast-1235102498/ . Feinberg, Scott, and Alex Weprin. “Oscars Bolts From ABC to YouTube Starting in 2029.” The Hollywood Reporter 17 December 2025. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/oscars-bolt-from-abc-to-youtube-starting-in-2029-1236453188/ . Rao, Sonia. “Why do the Oscars Matter?” The Washington Post 16 April 2021. https://…