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>>Terrence Briggs wrote:
>>Keep in mind, this was years before the Best Animated Feature award, and
>>Disney had, frankly, acted like a spotlight-hogging *pig* about their one
>>Best Picture nomination (which, back in '92, before two other of the
>>nominees had come out and one was given up for forgotten, carried about as
>>much weight as "Little Miss Sunshine" had for Best Picture this year)--
>>Not to mention frenzied Los Angeles voters who had been making pests of
>>themselves trying to get "Aladdin" and "Toy Story 2" Best Picture noms.
>>The creation of the Best Animated Feature category was quite literally the
>>act of Shutting Somebody Up, and the committees were grateful for it.
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> It was also needed so that they wouldn't have to keep giving the Best Song
> award to an animated feature since there was no proper full-length animated
> category. ...