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28 Mar 2022, 3:00 pm

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/27/1088946140/oscars-2022-jane-campion-best-director-power-of-the-dog

IMO, I think the Academy was going for an optimistic tone this year despite the pandemic and Ukraine.


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28 Mar 2022, 3:51 pm

Luckily she kept her mouth shut about the Williams sisters this time.



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28 Mar 2022, 6:48 pm

cyberdad wrote:
Luckily she kept her mouth shut about the Williams sisters this time.


Very true!


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29 Mar 2022, 1:38 am

The irony is that she threw shade on Will Smith's movie, and Will Smith responded by making a massive fool of himself.'
She can breath a sigh of relief.



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29 Mar 2022, 1:43 am

Campion made the dreaded PC faux pas cause she isn't woke enough. Massive virtue signaling ensues.



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29 Mar 2022, 1:45 am

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Campion made the dreaded PC faux pas cause she isn't woke enough.


Did you listen to her? it was quite blatant throwing shade on what was probably her main competitor in the awards ceremony. In doing so it came out sexist. What's in her heart I guess.



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29 Mar 2022, 2:11 am

Yes I listened. But I'm not a woke virtue signaller.



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29 Mar 2022, 3:33 am

Matrix Glitch wrote:
Yes I listened. But I'm not a woke virtue signaller.


fair enough. Campion was forced to apologise though.



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29 Mar 2022, 3:40 am

Forced being the keyword.