2/10/2024 0 Comments Oscars mystic riverPenn’s beef with the Academy has to do with their refusal to invite Zelenskyy to appear at the 2022 Oscars, saying at the time: “There is nothing greater that the Academy Awards could do than to give him that opportunity to talk to all of us… It is my understanding that a decision has been made not to do it.” He called the gift of the statuette “a small gesture, symbolic between two friends – inspired by my continuing shame towards the leadership of the Motion Picture Academy in choosing to present Will Smith smacking Chris Rock rather than the greatest symbol of cinema and humanity living today. “The Oscar is there in his office, and ready to be melted any time he wants to melt it. A few months ago Sean Penn gave Volodomyr Zelenskyy one of his Oscars and even offered to have it melted down by Ukraine’s President – saying his gift was inspired by his “continuing shame towards the Motion Picture Academy.”
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