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The Oscars came and went on March 15, 2026, and once again the so-called guardians of culture crowned their favorites while lecturing the rest of America from their gilded stage. Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another walked away with Best Picture, in a ceremony that felt more like an industry pep rally than a celebration of film craft.
If you were paying attention to the nominations, you saw the tip of the scale: Ryan Coogler’s Sinners set a record with a staggering number of nominations, proof that prestige is now rewarded for political seasoning as much as for talent. Hollywood no longer simply rewards great storytelling — it rewards who brings the loudest identity politics and the trendiest moral sermon to the stage.
The telecast itself felt absurdly disconnected from ordinary life, complete with spectacle and staged moments that belonged on a variety show rather than a national awards ceremony. Host Conan O’Brien’s opening gambit — a gag involving a horde of children onstage — underlined the show’s preference for viral gimmicks over serious appreciation for the art of cinema. When the industry is more interested in clout and optics than the movies people actually want to see, it deserves the scorn it gets.
What conservatives have been saying for years is painfully obvious when you watch these nights: Hollywood has turned inward, preaching to itself and weaponizing culture for political ends. Acceptance speeches are increasingly less about gratitude and more about lectures on whatever the moment’s leftist catechism happens to be, and producers reward conformity to a narrow ideological litmus test instead of celebrating diverse thought. That’s not inclusion; it’s ideological gatekeeping dressed up as virtue.
This matters beyond the Dolby Theatre; it matters because millions of Americans subsidize this culture with their attention and their dollars, and in return get sanctimony and self-congratulation. The working men and women who pay taxes and keep this country running deserve entertainment that entertains, not woke catechism from people who live in a bubble far removed from Main Street. If Hollywood wants to stay relevant, it should stop scolding its audience and start making stories that earn people’s respect.
Hardworking Americans shouldn’t be shy about calling out this nonsense. Turn off the ratings, stop funding films that double as political manifestos, and demand art that tells real stories without preaching from a moral high horse. Let the elites have their awards; the rest of us can rediscover honest storytelling and common-sense values outside the echo chamber they so proudly inhabit.
