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Sidney Poitier's my favourite (favorite, Fat Yanks) actor, but this was clearly the BAFTAS (the Green Teef Oscars, that no one cares about because "it doesn't take place in da State's, therefore it doesn't count") taking the piss.
The Revenant won most of the prizes last night, and there was only one bro - John Boyega for "Rising Star" award, in the only award voted for by the public - so they clearly thought "the Oscars are getting some heat, we'd better give a bro a statue FFS!"
Seriously, I love Sidney Poitier to bits, but the guy hasn't acted in movies for 14 years, and that was in TV movies. The last proper cinema release he appeared in was a supporting role in The Jackal, 19 years ago. So why the urgency to give him an award now?
Sure, I get that it could also be a "he might be dead soon" award, which is sad. It's also criminal that he didn't get many acting gigs (possibly by choice) later in his life. But it seems too obvious a ploy here.
Also, while I love the guy, he is what even PBDS would have called "one of the good ones", a guy who, while as black as the ace of spades, is really white all the way through, the thespian equivalent of Sugar Ray Leonard.
Anyway, here's his speech:
The Revenant won most of the prizes last night, and there was only one bro - John Boyega for "Rising Star" award, in the only award voted for by the public - so they clearly thought "the Oscars are getting some heat, we'd better give a bro a statue FFS!"
Seriously, I love Sidney Poitier to bits, but the guy hasn't acted in movies for 14 years, and that was in TV movies. The last proper cinema release he appeared in was a supporting role in The Jackal, 19 years ago. So why the urgency to give him an award now?
Sure, I get that it could also be a "he might be dead soon" award, which is sad. It's also criminal that he didn't get many acting gigs (possibly by choice) later in his life. But it seems too obvious a ploy here.
Also, while I love the guy, he is what even PBDS would have called "one of the good ones", a guy who, while as black as the ace of spades, is really white all the way through, the thespian equivalent of Sugar Ray Leonard.
Anyway, here's his speech:
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