Tim Allen Calls Out Oscars For Failure To Recognize Movies Where Guy Turns Into Dog 

LOS ANGELES—Noting that this year’s nominations had once again completely omitted an important sector of cinema, actor Tim Allen took to social media Thursday to call out the Oscars for failing to recognize movies where a guy turns into a dog. “By not elevating these films, the Academy is sending the message that stories about a guy who turns into a big dopey dog to learn an important lesson about family don’t matter as much as other stories,” Allen wrote in an Instagram post, observing that this year’s Academy Awards would mark the 98th consecutive ceremony in which no films about a guy who turned into a dog would be recognized. “Not only is this unjust, but it’s also discouraging for a generation of young filmmakers who want to make a movie in which a dad turns into a sheepdog in the middle of his son’s Little League game and starts wildly chasing after the ball. If we want to see the next The Shaggy D.A., we need to do better. All of us.” At press time, Allen had created a petition calling for more guys who turn into dogs sometimes to be added to the Academy’s voting body.

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