The 93rd Academy Awards that honoured the perfect in cinema, concluded amid the pandemic, with some modifications within the ceremony and a few exceptional first-time wins. However, the Oscars, regardless of being probably the most prestigious award within the leisure trade, don’t come with out a few goof-ups or controversies.
This time, the award ceremony was hailed for its inclusivity, but it surely took a flawed flip when the telecast lower away from hearing-impaired actress Marlee Matlin, who was one of many presenters.
Matlin, 55, occurs to be the one hearing-impaired performer to have received an performing Academy Award for Best Actress on the age of 21 for the 1986 movie Children Of A Lesser God. She signed her speech with an interpreter on stage, nevertheless, the Oscar telecast lower away from her mid-speech, triggering netizens who accused the Academy of being “impolite.”
Take a look at some of the reactions:
Wow #oscars so rude to cut away from Marlee Matlin like that. Whose brilliant idea was that?— maximamastetson (@MaxiMamaStetson) April 26, 2021
Crip Camp losing was not surprising given that minutes before cameras cut away from a signing Marlee Matlin while she was mid sentence. Just another reminder of how the Academy devalues disabled voices. #CrippingTheRedCarpet #OscarsDISs— Jordan Berger (@JordanRBerger) April 26, 2021
When @MarleeMatlin signs, we want to see her. There’s technology called picture-in-picture, #Oscars, that may have allow that.— Dr. Sujana Chandrasekhar (@DrSujanaENT) April 26, 2021
Doesn’t make sense at all that, while Marlee Matlin presents an award in #ASL, they cut away from her entirely while she’s speaking! Totally missing the point, #Oscars— Terri Ann Lankford (@TerriLankford) April 26, 2021
The Oscars cut away from Marlee Matlin as she was SIGNING so it was just her interpreter’s voice. They can show five different video feeds of nominees waiting to hear they lost for every single award but they cant stick Marlee Matlin in the corner for one minute. Mmkay.— peppermint tee ❄️ (@hollywillowvine) April 26, 2021
Matlin’s presence at the Oscars this year had another significance – one of the films nominated for the awards was Sound Of Metal, the story of a drummer losing his hearing.
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