As the debate rages on over whether Barbie’s Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig got a raw deal from the Oscars, one Academy member believes their respective exclusions for Best Actress and Best Director prove “the ultimate in patriarchy.”Speaking with People Magazine, the anonymous member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences spoke out about the snubs for Robbie and Gerwig, believing they represent a bigger perception problem in Hollywood. The member called the snubs “a terrible miss,” adding, “I feel sad that that recognition, which is so deserving, was snubbed because it’s wrong on every level.” While the member admitted comedy films don’t tend to perform well at the Oscars, Gerwig’s absence from Best Director consideration was a major surprise. “Comedies traditionally don’t do well at the Academy,” the source said. “And this is a film that, yes, was a comedy, and it grossed over $1 billion. How do you not give credit to the director?”Everyone from Barbie stars to popular cultural commentators has weighed in on the Robbie/Gerwig Oscar omission debate since the Academy Award nominations were announced on Jan. 23. Several Barbie actors, including Ryan Gosling and America Ferrera, who were respectively nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress Oscars, expressed their disappointment with the snubs, while Simu Liu also offered his support to Robbie and Gerwig. Meanwhile, legendary author Stephen King also weighed in on the exclusions, questioning the Academy’s selection process.
As the debate rages on over whether Barbie‘s Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig got a raw deal from the Oscars, one Academy member believes their respective exclusions for Best Actress and Best Director prove “the ultimate in patriarchy.”
Speaking with People Magazine, the anonymous member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences spoke out about the snubs for Robbie and Gerwig, believing they represent a bigger perception problem in Hollywood. The member called the snubs “a terrible miss,” adding, “I feel sad that that recognition, which is so deserving, was snubbed because it’s wrong on every level.” While the member admitted comedy films don’t tend to perform well at the Oscars, Gerwig’s absence from Best Director consideration was a major surprise. “Comedies traditionally don’t do well at the Academy,” the source said. “And this is a film that, yes, was a comedy, and it grossed over $1 billion. How do you not give credit to the director?”
Everyone from Barbie stars to popular cultural commentators has weighed in on the Robbie/Gerwig Oscar omission debate since the Academy Award nominations were announced on Jan. 23. Several Barbie actors, including Ryan Gosling and America Ferrera, who were respectively nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress Oscars, expressed their disappointment with the snubs, while Simu Liu also offered his support to Robbie and Gerwig. Meanwhile, legendary author Stephen King also weighed in on the exclusions, questioning the Academy’s selection process.
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