Sean Penn Accuses The Oscars Of Having “No Imagination”

Actor Sean Penn isn’t okay with the roster of movies that the Oscars choose to award each year. He believes that their approach limits the recognition of “different cultural expressions” and further accused them of cowardice. Here’s his full statement about the award’s shortcomings.
Sean Penn – Doesn’t Get Very Excited About the Oscars
Sean Penn doesn’t believe that the Oscars is just and versatile enough to really celebrate the best of movies and shows.
Speaking in a press conference, where he was noted to be casually smoking, Penn revealed “The Academy have exercised really extraordinary cowardice when it comes to being part of the bigger world of expression, and in fact, have largely been part of limiting the imagination and very limiting of different cultural expressions.”
The actor, who voiced his support for Ali Abbasi’s Donald Trump movie ‘The Apprentice’ at the Marrakech Film Festival,...
Sean Penn – Doesn’t Get Very Excited About the Oscars
Sean Penn doesn’t believe that the Oscars is just and versatile enough to really celebrate the best of movies and shows.
Speaking in a press conference, where he was noted to be casually smoking, Penn revealed “The Academy have exercised really extraordinary cowardice when it comes to being part of the bigger world of expression, and in fact, have largely been part of limiting the imagination and very limiting of different cultural expressions.”
The actor, who voiced his support for Ali Abbasi’s Donald Trump movie ‘The Apprentice’ at the Marrakech Film Festival,...
- 12/6/2024
- by Nmesoma Okechukwu
- Celebrating The Soaps
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