2024-01-25 05:29:25
Whenever the Oscar shortlist is announced, there will always be a heated discussion regarding which movies and actors have become the leftovers. The 2023 summer blockbuster “Barbie” unexpectedly failed to be shortlisted for important awards. Netizens were furious and expressed their gratitude to director Greta J. Wei and Margot Robbie were aggrieved.
Ryan Gosling (left) and Margot Robbie (right) attend the “Barbie” premiere in London. (Scott Garfitt/Invision/AP file photo)
Agence France-Presse reported that “Barbie”, which sparked a pink wave last summer, cleverly satirized the difficulties faced by women in getting recognition for their talent. This time, although it was nominated for 8 awards including Best Picture, the lead actress Margot Robbie ), director Greta Gerwig was unexpectedly eliminated from the list, and actor Ryan Gosling, who plays “Ken”, was nominated for Best Supporting Actor, which made many people feel aggrieved for them. .
American novelist Brad Meltzer wrote on social media: “Nominating Kenny instead of Barbie is simply the plot of the movie.”
Greta Gerwig’s hit film effortlessly blends social commentary and bubblegum pop culture, grossing more than $1 billion at the box office. When the Oscar shortlist was announced, the outside world was optimistic that this work would be shortlisted for many major awards.
Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie have already received a series of nominations and are expected to join Hollywood’s highest honors.
Although the film ultimately won eight awards including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actress, Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie were left out of the Best Director and Best Actress lists. .
“Kenny” Ryan Gosling took the lead in complaining for them. “Without their talent, courage and creativity, this film would not have received the recognition it has received, so to say I am disappointed that they were not nominated in their respective categories would be an understatement,” he said.
Simu Liu, who also plays “Kenny” (all the men around Barbie are called Kenny) in the film, also praised Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie for their struggle to make “Barbie” into a movie. .
“Together they started a movement that moved the world and revitalized the film industry. They deserve everything. They are everything,” he wrote on social media.
It was not only the actors who performed in this work who were aggrieved by Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, but also thousands of netizens.
Netizen Charlotte Clymer, formerly known as Twitter’s It’s a film regarding the marginalization and invisibility of women in a patriarchal structure, but the woman who directed it was not nominated for best director.”
In addition, speaking out for Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie was former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who once ran for the presidency. Hillary Clinton.
Hillary. Clinton wrote: “It may be a shame that Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie won at the box office but missed out on the (Oscar) awards, but millions of fans love you. You are far behind. Just good enough (Kenough, merging Ken and enough). #HilaryBarbie.”
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