Editing Academy Awards (section)

=== Symbolism or sentimentalization ===
Acting prizes in certain years have been criticized for not recognizing superior performances so much as being awarded for personal popularity,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://incontention.com/?p=1045 |title=What's the worst Best Actor choice of all time? |access-date=October 4, 2009 |archive-date=January 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20100115115957/http://incontention.com/?p=1045 |url-status=live}}</ref> to make up for a "snub" for a work that proved in time to be more popular or renowned than the one awarded (a 'make-up Oscar'),<ref>{{cite web |last=Bramesco |first=Charles |date=March 13, 2023 |title=A brief history of the 'legacy Oscar' and its winners |url=https://lwlies.com/articles/legacy-oscar-winners-jamie-lee-curtis/ |access-date=March 8, 2025 |website=[[Little White Lies (magazine)|Little White Lies]] |language=en-US}}</ref> or as a "career honor" to recognize a distinguished nominee's entire body of work (a "[[legacy Oscar]]").<ref name="levy">{{cite book |last=Levy |first=Emanuel |title=All About Oscar: The History and Politics of the Academy Awards |publisher=[[Burns & Oates]] |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-8264-1452-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Wenzel |first=Zac |date=April 3, 2023 |title=The Problem with Legacy Oscars |url=https://movieweb.com/the-problems-with-legacy-oscars/ |access-date=March 8, 2025 |website=[[MovieWeb]] |language=en-US}}</ref>