President Donald Trump was 3000 miles from the Academy Awards on Sunday night, but his presence waving on the horizon on Dolby theater more than anyone else in the room. From Jimmy Kimmel’s inaugural monologue to admission speeches to advertisements that permeate the ceremony, she sometimes felt that the Academy Awards were more focused on delivering a very general bolts to Trump more than they were celebrating the art of filmmaking.
The question is the effectiveness of these forms of protest, in a media environment in which more than half of the Americans believe The press is very crucial The current president. Kimmel was one of the few characters in the room that mentioned Trump; Others have chosen largely to a sub -group, without saying his name. Although JABS is around the president and its Twitter installation was made for the easy lines, the most unforgettable moments at night are those elected to show, and do not tell – to reveal how Trump’s policies conflict in directly opposing the spirit of art in general and the film in particular.
Trump was an irresistible goal, which was placed at the front of Oscar for one time from the beginning. He said: “This broadcast is seen on the air directly by millions of Americans, and around the world in more than 225 countries hate us now.” He was very serious, as every person was watching to reach one person who did not agree with him, and it was “a positive and pioneer conversation, not Cleverty or conservatives” – something confirmed, could make America great again. But then, he returned to work as usual: thanking the internal security for allowing French actress Isabelle Hubert to the country, noting the loss of intense weight of Andrew Garfield for a role as evidence that Hollywood is distinguished not against nationality, but against age and weight. An extended gag looked to spoil the “Merrill Streep offers” that are not inspiring and exaggerated “torn directly from Trump Special criticism From the actress after Golden Globe.
The second prize presented, for make -up and hairstyle, went to Alessandro Bertolzi, Georgio Gregorini and Crystone Nelson in favor The suicide band. “I am a migrant. I came from Italy,” said Bertolzi, he accepts the award. “I work all over the world and this is all immigrants.” His feelings echoed in more specific phrases by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, who won the Best Foreign Language Film Award for him SellerBut he was elected because the ceremony was not attended in protest against the prohibition of immigration in Trump on seven countries. His award was accepted by the American American astronaut Anuchi Ansari, who read a high -ranking statement. Divide the world into we and Our enemies I read, “Categories create fears”, as Faradi called for the “human” migration law earlier this year. “Film makers can convert their cameras to capture common human qualities and break the stereotypes of various nationalities and religions. They create sympathy between us and others. Service we need today more than ever.”
One of the showcases also seized the opportunity to put a human face on Trump’s policies. Actor Jail Garcia Bernal, a participant in presenting the Best Animation Award, has slipped in a quick statement, saying: “As a Mexican, as a Latin American, as a migrant worker, as a human being, I am against any form of the wall that separates us.” Last year, the winner of the best support actor, Mark Rillage, thought about how actors and directors worked to unite the Americans. “It is a wonderful opposition in cinema and stories, it is a great thing about sports, it’s really good in society,” he said. “The things that made me these films remember and think about them were difficult – something that seems better than men – than opposition without hate.”
But Kimmel from Trump’s jokes has never dried up. Marvel movie A strange doctor Not only was he nominated for visual effects, but also “Minister of Housing and Urban Development”. By presenting the president of the academy, Sherrill Bon Ishaq, Kimmel indicated the extent of his recovery that there would be a “president who believes in arts and sciences.” At one time, with Trump’s TWTTER silence during the ceremony, Kimmel named his phone on a screen at the back of the theater, tweet, “Hey RealDonaldtrumP U UP?” In the president, followed by the “#MaryLSayshi” retail brand.
This was wandering at the level of experts, with his goal only to reduce Trump, and remind him that he was more worse in Hollywood than ever. It is an abnormal thing, but it comes from a place of strength – there is not a lot of president who can do this directly threatening the film industry. But it can, for example, Defund the Nea, which has a long history of assisting projects (such as 2012 drama Southern wild monstersAnd artists who later ascend to the glory of the Oscars. Noting that the president’s personal failure will definitely lead to Viral tweetsBut explains how his policies harm the arts and entertainment industries may have a deeper effect in the long run.
The most powerful moments of the ceremony were, which were the one that lit the people excluded from the President’s policies. Oscar accepts the best air -conditioned scenario moonlight, Also, winner of the Best Pictures Award, Barry Jenkins was a message for the people for which the film was made. He said: “For all people who feel that there is no mirror for you, you feel that your life is not reflected, and the academy has your back, and ACLU has your back, and we have your back, and over the next four years … we will not forget you.” In one of the most prominent speeches of the Academy acceptance of all ages, Viola Davis explained its mission to make art. She said, “You know, there is one place where all people who have the greatest potential are collected and this is the cemetery.” People ask me all the time –What kind of stories do you want to tell, Viola? And I say to extract these bodies. Take those stories – the stories of people who dreamed great and did not see those dreams of their fruits, and the people who fell in love and lose. “
This type of messages that seem ready to have a greater effect over the next four years. For one reason, President Trump saw – for one time – significantly resistance with all the hunting that occurs on the stage. “Some of you will come here at this stage tonight and give a speech that the President of the United States will tweet in all hats during the bowel movement at 5 am tomorrow,” Kimmel said in one of the stages. To date, it was there No such a response.