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I lost faith in the Oscars the first year I was a movie critic — the year that Bonnie and Clyde didn’t win.
— Roger Ebert
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An editorial interpretation.
Disillusionment with a big awards ceremony, told with a specific grudge: the speaker's trust in the Oscars collapsed in their very first year reviewing films, when a film they admired didn't win. It's a critic's dry way of saying awards and taste don't always match.
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