Harvey Weinstein. The most thanked person through the years.
March 21, 2013 10:37 PM Subscribe
I'd like to thank the Academy — "More than 200 Oscar speeches were pulled from the Margaret Herrick Library database and surveyed." Find out who has done the two-hand clutch, who thanked their male partner - all with linked YouTube goodness. You can even roll-your-own and find out who it most matches.
Paging cortex. Cortex to the white courtesy telephone, please. We need an Oscar acceptance speech markov chain generator, stat.
posted by barnacles at 11:07 PM on March 21, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by barnacles at 11:07 PM on March 21, 2013 [1 favorite]
All of this is hilarious, of course, but the deeper truth involves a serious study of the Single Transferable Vote mechanism by which these awards are given.
According to this analysis, the Droop quota plays a big role. I quote:
If n = 100 and k = 3, then the Droop quota is 26=(100/(3+1))+1 . Suppose a candidate receives 26 votes. No other three candidates can also receive 26 votes because 26 + (3 x 26) = 4 x 26 > 100. When trying to elect k candidates, if the Droop quota is used, then k + 1 candidates cannot receive n/(k+1)+1 or more votes because (k+1)*[(n/(k+1)+1]=n+k+1>n , the number of votes cast.
I think this pretty much sums up the problem with the motion picture industry.
posted by twoleftfeet at 11:40 PM on March 21, 2013 [2 favorites]
According to this analysis, the Droop quota plays a big role. I quote:
If n = 100 and k = 3, then the Droop quota is 26=(100/(3+1))+1 . Suppose a candidate receives 26 votes. No other three candidates can also receive 26 votes because 26 + (3 x 26) = 4 x 26 > 100. When trying to elect k candidates, if the Droop quota is used, then k + 1 candidates cannot receive n/(k+1)+1 or more votes because (k+1)*[(n/(k+1)+1]=n+k+1>n , the number of votes cast.
I think this pretty much sums up the problem with the motion picture industry.
posted by twoleftfeet at 11:40 PM on March 21, 2013 [2 favorites]
A person with the same name as me is a bigwig at Sony Classics, so I get "thanked" a lot at the Oscars, particularly in the Foreign Film categories. It's amusing when friends are watching with me and I "predict" that someone will thank me during the show.
posted by ShutterBun at 1:29 AM on March 22, 2013 [6 favorites]
posted by ShutterBun at 1:29 AM on March 22, 2013 [6 favorites]
The thing with the Academy Awards... I always think there's an actual Academy. Like the Greek Academy, where Socrates and Plato hang out, debating the latest films.
But it's not like that. I guess this is why Police Academy is not taken seriously.
posted by twoleftfeet at 2:17 AM on March 22, 2013
But it's not like that. I guess this is why Police Academy is not taken seriously.
posted by twoleftfeet at 2:17 AM on March 22, 2013
I'd like to thank Harvey for being the inspiration for the study behind this post so that I have the opportunity to make this comment.
posted by sammyo at 3:57 PM on March 22, 2013
posted by sammyo at 3:57 PM on March 22, 2013
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