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Originally Posted by bombaysaffires
so this doesn't shed any light on the actual calculation process regarding what are the hard criteria someone must meet to get in. Indeed, it seems to highlight that it is more of an emotional process, with the voters on the committee picking and advocating for people they "feel" strongly about and then persuading (or wearing down) the other nominating committee members to include that person.
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That's my impression. There might be a few guidelines (like the 25-year guideline), but these entertainment awards are mostly emotion-driven and fraught with alliances and other political gripes. (In that sense, they can be quite interesting as models of human behavior.) There is really no other way to hand out awards in the arts, whether it's the Oscars or a Nobel for literature. There's no objective measure of merit in the arts, as everyone knows by now. Novels and plays and pop songs aren't strings of programming syntax that either render or don't, and they aren't litmus paper that either turns blue or doesn't. We're stuck with our subjective responses to art—although we can document those responses persuasively or not. It's a lot more interesting to hear
why people like or dislike Stevie or Debbie Harry than to give those artists a plaque. The former is intellect at work, the latter is a sales stack.