Did the Oscars really happen this past weekend? I had no idea. Once upon a time I counted the days to the annual event known as the Academy Awards. As a filmmaker, winning an Oscar was once the Holy Grail of goals. Today, I could not care less.

The committee that oversees the Academy Awards is as corrupt as the US Government and as woke as American universities. From the red carpet parade of glitz and glamor, to the cringy virtue signaling speeches, the Oscars have become a symbol of everything that is wrong with Hollywood.

It is a cult. A cult I escaped over 20 years ago. Since then my life and work has bloomed in ways impossible to articulate. There are few freedoms more liberating than the freedom of expression. Consensus kills creativity. True art comes from the unbound right to think independently from the masses. Hollywood has become a factory for the mass-production of compliant influencers. It is where art goes to die.

To all the emerging artists out there, you are too good for tinsel town. Aim higher. Stay true to yourself. Never sell out. And never forget the deepest purpose for your art.

Mikki Willis
Father/Filmmaker

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