Marlon Brando refused his Academy Award in 1973 for the lead role in The Godfather and had Native American Sacheen Littlefeather walk onstage instead. She delivered a quick message detailing how Hollywood depictions of Indians, Blacks, Asians, and many other ethnicities and cultures abused minorities by perpetuating racist stereotypes. Littlefeather, an Apache, couldn't deliver her full message because of time constraints but offered the complete text to the media following the telecast. In spite of her gracious delivery of Brando's intentions to refuse the award, some in the crowd booed. Some other Hollywood stars including John Wayne, Raquel Welch, and Clint Eastwood mocked Brando's crusade of enlightenment by cracking jokes later during the show. It was Hollywood's first massive WOKE moment at
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Hooray for Hollywhite
Chris Rock crushed it in his #Oscars monologue. Here's a synopsis from the Washington Post: Chris Rock kicked off his monologue with this: “Man, I counted at least 15 black people in that montage!… Other lines: Rock says he didn’t think it was worth it to cancel since the show would go on regardless. “Last thing I need is to lose another job to Kevin Hart. I don’t need that.” (Cue Kevin Hart smiling in the audience.)… “When your grandmother’s swinging from the tree, it’s really hard to care about best documentary foreign short.”… “It’s not fair that Will Smith was this good [in ‘Concussion’] and didn’t get nominated. It’s also not fair that Will was paid $20 million for ‘Wild Wild West!’”… “This year, in
Black History Month: there is glorious black history in film
Many learned minds say assimilation is better than self-imposed segregation. Let's be clear. Racism exists in America. Nonetheless, wasting progressive capital complaining about movie awards in liberal Hollywood is beyond ridiculous. Commensurate diversity in boardrooms, company hierarchy, and academia? Absolutely. Measured diversity in the financial sector? No doubt. Affirmative action for awards shows? Get serious. It's condescending, patronizing, manipulation equivalent to "toddler praise," feigned over-excitement for accomplishments. YOU got an award??? That's OUTSTANDING! Good for you! (Just as you would exuberantly praise a baby who finally used the potty. How about a Participation Oscar Trophy so that EVERYONE gets an award! Hooray! With this week's #OscarsSoWhite complaints of no African American nominations in the prime slots,
Oscars 2014 — Ellen shall lead
Oscars host Ellen DeGeneres broke the record for retweets with the selfie crammed by A-list stars in the audience. It was clearly a product placement tactic, later revealed by Ellen's additional tweets on a rival smartphone device. She received fair reviews of her show performance, although it dragged at times. The Hollywood Reporter totally crushed Ellen's performance. Some in the transgender community were irked by Ellen's joke about Liza Minnelli. Best Supporting Actor Jared Leto, a straight male who played a transgender character, was criticized for not mentioning the transgender community in his acceptance speech. For many viewers, Leto's moving speech was the highlight of the night. Jimmy Kimmel promoted his post Oscars special with a cool TV trick. Leonardo DiCaprio failed to win again,