Oscars mix-up: La La Land envelopegate overshadows anti-Trump protests.
'Despite subtle hints and expressions of solidarity, discussion of Donald Trump
and US politics remained largely muted.
We all thought we would be talking about the Oscars come Monday - but none of us
could have predicted the reason why. In the end, the discussion of American politics
played a pretty modest role in events on Hollywood's biggest night.
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And, compared to the chaos and embarrassment at the end, it was all very tame.
Certainly Donald Trump, wherever he was monitoring events, would have taken great
delight in the remarkable end to the 89th Academy Awards.
Remember, he said a few years ago that he should probably host the event.
So, as the Oscars vote guardians PwC begin the inquest into envelopegate,
what happened to the protest?
None of the big individual winners chose to make political statements when they
collected their awards. In fact, they were reassuringly traditional.
The success of the Iranian film The Salesman in the foreign film category provided
the expected opportunity to raise Donald Trump's travel ban.
A statement from the absent director decried the "inhumane" executive order...'
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'Despite subtle hints and expressions of solidarity, discussion of Donald Trump
and US politics remained largely muted.
We all thought we would be talking about the Oscars come Monday - but none of us
could have predicted the reason why. In the end, the discussion of American politics
played a pretty modest role in events on Hollywood's biggest night.
And, compared to the chaos and embarrassment at the end, it was all very tame.
Certainly Donald Trump, wherever he was monitoring events, would have taken great
delight in the remarkable end to the 89th Academy Awards.
Remember, he said a few years ago that he should probably host the event.
So, as the Oscars vote guardians PwC begin the inquest into envelopegate,
what happened to the protest?
None of the big individual winners chose to make political statements when they
collected their awards. In fact, they were reassuringly traditional.
The success of the Iranian film The Salesman in the foreign film category provided
the expected opportunity to raise Donald Trump's travel ban.
A statement from the absent director decried the "inhumane" executive order...'
SOURCE:
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