A Voter For The 2023 Oscars Said That “Viola Davis And The Lady Director” Need To “Shut Up” After “Woman King” Was Snubbed, And It Shows How Messed Up This Whole Process Is
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A Voter For The 2023 Oscars Said That "Viola Davis And The Lady Director" Need To "Shut Up" After "Woman King" Was Snubbed, And It Shows How Messed Up This Whole Process Is,The anonymous actor said, "When they get in trouble for not giving Viola Davis an award, it's like, no, sweetheart, you didn't deserve it. We voted, and we voted for the five we thought were best." He later admitted to not even seeing <i>Woman King</i>.
A Voter For The 2023 Oscars Said That “Viola Davis And The Lady Director” Need To “Shut Up” After “Woman King” Was Snubbed, And It Shows How Messed Up This Whole Process Is
An anonymous voter for the 2023 Oscars gave an interview with Entertainment Weekly, and it’s a depressing insight into who can pick these awards.
Lynsey Weatherspoon / United Artists Releasing / Courtesy Everett Collection, TriStar Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection
Both movies received nominations at the SAG Awards, BAFTAs, and Critics Choice Awards.
According to the actor who Entertainment Weekly spoke to, systemic discrimination is not a problem at the Oscars. “I think the Academy is making an effort to please everybody, and it’s reflective of the state of the world, but I feel like they’re being held hostage — somewhat unfairly — by the wokeness,” he began.
United Artists Releasing / Courtesy Everett CollectionThe actor then addressed Viola Davis’s role in Woman King, continuing, “When they get in trouble for not giving Viola Davis an award, it’s like, no, sweetheart, you didn’t deserve it. We voted, and we voted for the five we thought were best.”
TriStar Pictures / Courtesy Everett CollectionHe then called out the “lady director” — presumably Gina Prince-Bythewood — and said, “It’s not fair for you to start suddenly beating a frying pan and say [they’re] ignoring Black people. They’re really not, they’re making an effort. Maybe there was a time 10 years ago when they were, but they have, of all the high-profile things, been in the forefront of wanting to be inclusive. Viola Davis and the lady director need to sit down, shut up, and relax. You didn’t get a nomination — a lot of movies don’t get nominations. Viola, you have one or two Oscars, you’re doing fine.”
Jeffrey Mayer / WireImage / Getty ImagesViola won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 2017 for her role in Fences.
The actor later called out Viola again, despite admitting that he didn’t even see Woman King: “It’s ridiculous, it’s sour grapes. The Academy has bent over backwards to be inclusive. Last year, there were more Black people presenting. It’s like, come on. I think Viola Davis is talented, I didn’t see Woman King, but I’m a little tired of Viola Davis and her snotty crying. I’m over all of that.”
TriStar Pictures /Courtesy Everett CollectionIt appears that Viola only addressed the Oscars snub once in February, with an Instagram post saying, “I stand in solidarity with Gina Prince-Bythewood and all artists of color who continue to work, create, thrive despite our environment.”
Elsewhere in the piece, the same actor referred to Ke Huy Quan as “the guy from Everything Everywhere All at Once” and said that his nomination was because “we were more sentimental about him because he’d been the kid who disappeared for 100 years, and then he’s back.”
Matt Winkelmeyer / FilmMagicThe anonymous actor also took umbrage with Ke Huy’s EEOAO costar Jamie Lee Curtis, saying, “Jamie Lee Curtis just seemed like a stunt. Like, here, I’m not going to wear a girdle, you’re going to see how fat I am, I’m Hollywood royalty and I’m putting on glasses and a funny wig and we’ll all have a good laugh at it. It seemed ordinary.”
Leon Bennett / Getty ImagesAs for who this actor is? EW said of them, “His performances in critically heralded prestige dramas, biting mainstream thrillers, and on Emmy-winning TV shows have earned this actor consistent acclaim throughout his career.”
You can read Entertainment Weekly’s full interview here.
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