Actors like Joaquin Phoenix should boycott the Oscars instead of simply criticising them

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The most powerful statement Joaquin Phoenix could make at the Oscars would be to not turn up

Chicago, probably because it won Best Picture at the 2003 Oscars, has earnt a relatively bad reputation in the 17 years since its release – emblematic of a moment wherein the Academy Awards completely lost their minds. It’s not all that fair; the film is just as immaculately glossy and stylised as the musical that inspired. It also does a disservice to fellow Oscar-winner Zeta-Jones.

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