You can flip it around in the sense that a movie which only stars those specific leads is unlikely to end up with any awards specifically due to the demographics of the cast. This actually reinforces the validity of the question asked by the parent.
I don't think you actually really follow the Oscars so much as complain about a false sense of virtue signaling
Movie, not individual actors. Movies with a cast of only this unfavoured identity class are unlikely to gain any awards.
> The majority of films that have won in the past have been that way too
The past is not now, my comment relates to the here and now ('is unlikely to', not 'was unlikely to'). The obsession with D.I.E [1] is a recent phenomenon.
> I don't think you actually really follow the Oscars
There you are right, I don't. I do read quite a bit about it but I never watched any of those shows, it is just not my thing.
> complain about a false sense of virtue signalling
False? We're talking about the organisation which went full Soviet by proclaiming movies needed to abide to their D.I.E. rules to be considered for academy awards [2] as part of their D.I.E. plan [3]. Read [2] and report back on whether this is anything but virtue signalling.
[1] Diversity, Inclusion, Equity
[2] https://www.oscars.org/news/academy-establishes-representati...
[2] https://www.oscars.org/news/academy-announces-next-phase-equ...