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<blockquote data-quote="Barendd Nobeard" data-source="post: 1400856" data-attributes="member: 960">There is no &quot;official&quot; definition of an Oscars sweep.&nbsp; Some people reporting on this will include a screenplay award and others won't.&nbsp; For example, this quiz at <a href="http://classicfilm.about.com/library/weekly/aa060197.htm" target="_blank">about.com</a> even jokes about screenwriting being a major category.There has also been controversy over the definition of &quot;Grand Slam&quot; champions.&nbsp; Martina Navratilova won six in a row, but not all four in the same calendar year.&nbsp; She was included in an official celebration of Grand Slam winners, but when Stefi Graff won a &quot;real&quot; grand slam in 1988, it was reported as &quot;first time since Margaret Smith Court.&quot;Ultimately, I think it's all just stupid media hype.&nbsp; If a film wins the four big one plus a screenplay award (as all three &quot;sweepers&quot; have), then they often report it as a sweep of the five major awards.&nbsp; But I'd bet someday that a film will win the four big ones and not a screenplay award--and it will be touted as a film that &quot;swept all the major&quot; awards at the Oscars.And Ben Affleck's bad acting has tainted all screenplay winners, past and present.&nbsp; Sorry, Sofia.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Barendd Nobeard, post: 1400856, member: 960"] There is no "official" definition of an Oscars sweep. Some people reporting on this will include a screenplay award and others won't. For example, this quiz at [URL=http://classicfilm.about.com/library/weekly/aa060197.htm]about.com[/URL] even jokes about screenwriting being a major category. There has also been controversy over the definition of "Grand Slam" champions. Martina Navratilova won six in a row, but not all four in the same calendar year. She was included in an official celebration of Grand Slam winners, but when Stefi Graff won a "real" grand slam in 1988, it was reported as "first time since Margaret Smith Court." Ultimately, I think it's all just stupid media hype. If a film wins the four big one plus a screenplay award (as all three "sweepers" have), then they often report it as a sweep of the five major awards. But I'd bet someday that a film will win the four big ones and [u]not[/u] a screenplay award--and it will be touted as a film that "swept all the major" awards at the Oscars. And Ben Affleck's bad acting has tainted all screenplay winners, past and present. Sorry, Sofia. [/QUOTE]

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