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Bill Maher Sends Blunt Message About Oscars Diversity Campaign
Bill Maher Sends Blunt Message About Oscars Diversity Campaign
Michelle Stein
On the Friday, March 13 episode of Real Time With Bill Maher, the late-night host, 70, took aim at #OscarsSoWhite during his “New Rule” segment. The campaign marks its 10th anniversary at the 98th Academy Awards.
“Someone must wear a ribbon that says, ‘We won,'” Maher joked. “Just as a way to remind progressives, hey, you’re progressive. Progress is what you’re selling. Take the win.”
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He also claimed that Academy voters were casting their votes for nominees just because they were white. “Hollywood isn’t a secret cabal of racists,” he declared. “It’s a secret cabal of people terrified of looking like racists.”
Maher continued, “I’m just tired of no matter how much progress is made, social justice warriors feeling the need to gaslight us as if none of it had happened. A couple of years ago, the Academy established a very complex rulebook that said you couldn’t even be considered for Best Picture unless you met certain criteria, like 30% of the crew, or two department heads had to be from underrepresented groups, and a main storyline had to be as well.”
https://www.tvinsider.com/1251689/bill-maher-sends-blunt-message-oscars-diversity-campaign-real-time-video/
Michelle Stein
On the Friday, March 13 episode of Real Time With Bill Maher, the late-night host, 70, took aim at #OscarsSoWhite during his “New Rule” segment. The campaign marks its 10th anniversary at the 98th Academy Awards.
“Someone must wear a ribbon that says, ‘We won,'” Maher joked. “Just as a way to remind progressives, hey, you’re progressive. Progress is what you’re selling. Take the win.”
...
He also claimed that Academy voters were casting their votes for nominees just because they were white. “Hollywood isn’t a secret cabal of racists,” he declared. “It’s a secret cabal of people terrified of looking like racists.”
Maher continued, “I’m just tired of no matter how much progress is made, social justice warriors feeling the need to gaslight us as if none of it had happened. A couple of years ago, the Academy established a very complex rulebook that said you couldn’t even be considered for Best Picture unless you met certain criteria, like 30% of the crew, or two department heads had to be from underrepresented groups, and a main storyline had to be as well.”
https://www.tvinsider.com/1251689/bill-maher-sends-blunt-message-oscars-diversity-campaign-real-time-video/
Sounds likes he's still pissed for not being nominated for Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death.
Well as never being asked to host. LOL
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