“The 94th Academy Awards ceremony will forever be remembered as the one where Will Smith launched himself from his front-row seat and hit host Chris Rock in the mouth.”
, which won all three of the awards for which it was nominated, cast its warmth across the room.
His director Sian Heder won the Best Adapted Screenplay award, the first woman to do so since Emma Thompson in 1995. In the Best Original Screenplay category, slightly against the odds, Kenneth Branagh managed to pick up his first Oscar in eight attempts for his semi-autobiographicalThe Power of the Dog
. But Jane Campion did rightfully take the Best Director Oscar, becoming only the third woman to win in the category – and making it two in a row for women after Chloé Zhao’s success withlast year. Campion gave a straight-forward, thoughtful and gracious speech, beginning in Maori, calling the Oscar “a lifetime honour”.It was Questlove whose words and heartfelt emotion were most drowned by the shock following Smith’s action.
, by offering a pre-prepared plea on behalf of LGBTQIA+ youth who feel out of place, and fearful. “I want you to know that you are unconditionally loved for the uniqueness that is you.” Her speech felt slightly as if it had had the oxygen sucked out of it. Earlier, another favourite, Ariana DeBose, took the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as Anita in, and so became the first openly queer woman of colour and only the second Latina actor to win an Oscar. Her co-star Rita Moreno had won for the same role in 1962, and was sitting in the front row to be thanked for paving “the way for tons of Anitas like me”.
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