The Academy for Motion Pictures and Sciences has taken drastic action to try and prevent further accusations of latent prejudice among its members.
The Academy has also outlawed any screening that includes a live performance of a song from a soundtrack that is eligible for an award.
The consequences of non-compliance includes losing membership; the onus falls on members themselves, as well as those seeking to butter them up.
That song lost out to Sam Smith’s Writing’s on the Wall at the 2016 Oscars.
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