Everyone seems to be talking about the fact that the anti-Israel film “No Other Land” won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature, in a further sign Hollywood is far gone.
It is a terrible moment, and I join everyone else condemning not just the Academy but the celebrity sheep, virtue signalers and moral reprobates who applauded them for winning with their propaganda film (the worst being Guy Pearce, who you can see approach the winners and even shake one of their hands right before they went up on stage).
I could dedicate this post to blasting them, but I feel that has already been done to death. As usual, I try to find a unique angle.
And the great Samuel L Jackson has provided me with that opportunity.
I am not sure whether you noticed, but he refused to join his applauding colleagues – ecven though he was up on stage presenting the award, and his co-presenter Selena Gomez – a known Israel-hater – was one of them. In fact, he seemed to make faces and joke around.
This is what I am talking about:
That last frame of my video shows this tweet of Samuel’s from 2014:
which leads me to believe his on-stage conduct was the result of his pro-Israel views.
Meanwhile, I was not the only one to notice. Per the Daily Mail:
An awkward exchange between Selena Gomez and Samuel L Jackson was caught by a lip reader as the directors of the documentary No Other Land gave a speech about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during the Oscars.
Gomez, 32, and Jackson, 76, presented the best documentary award to the four activists who made the movie, two of them Israeli and two Palestinian.
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However many Oscars viewers had their eyes trained on Gomez and Jackson, who were spotted chatting uncomfortably onstage as the directors spoke.
Now expert Nicola Hickling of Lipreader LIMITED has told DailyMail.com what the celebrities were saying to one another in the background of the political moment.
While Abraham was wrapping up, Jackson allegedly told Gomez: ‘He made that speech very political,’ and she purportedly replied: ‘He did, yes,’ per Hickling.
Gomez had a faint smile on her face while Jackson talked to her, and after she gave him her response, Jackson was seen laughing.
Some social media users looked askance at the exchange and felt Jackson and Gomez were being disrespectful to the filmmakers, particularly in light of the gravity of the issues being discussed.
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Jackson has expressed support for Israel in the past, tweeting in 2014 that he was attending a Celebrate Israel Parade in New York City.
That same year, Gomez was plunged into controversy for urging fans on social media to ‘Pray for Gaza’ amid an Israeli onslaught against the Palestinian enclave
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