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Spike Lee Criticizes Green Book Best Picture Win

Spike Lee had a reason to celebrate last night with his Oscar win for Best Adapted Screenplay for BlacKkKlansman but the one thing he wasn’t celebrating was the Best Picture win for Green Book. In fact, the director turned his back to the stage & nearly left after the win.

In the press room, Lee recalled the time that Do the Right Thing didn’t get a best picture nomination in 1989, the year that Driving Miss Daisy won. Lee said while sipping champagne “this is my sixth glass and you know why. I’m snake-bit. Every time someone is driving somebody I lose. But in 89 I didn’t get nominated, so.”

Lee went on to say when he heard Green Book called as best picture “I thought I was courtside at the Garden and the ref made a bad call.”

Lee wasn’t alone in his displeasure. According to the “Kansas City Star”, BlacKkKlansman producer Jordan Peele also refused to clap after Green Book won best picture. There was also online criticism of the win as well. Twitter had a lot say about the win with many calling Green Book this year’s Crash and also calling out the movie team’s acceptance speech for centering more on Viggo Mortensen’s role in the production than Mahershala Ali’s. Check out some of the Twitter outrage below:

https://twitter.com/rgay/status/1099885574842834950

https://twitter.com/ira/status/1099886190285578242

Gaius Bolling
At the age of five, I knew I wanted to write movies and about them. I've set out to make those dreams come true. As an alumni of the Los Angeles Film Academy, I participated in their Screenwriting program, while building up my expertise in film criticism. I write reviews that relate to the average moviegoer by educating my readers and keeping it fun. My job is to let you know the good, the bad, and the ugly in the world of cinema, so you can have your best moviegoing experience. You can find more of my writing on Instagram @g_reelz.

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