In the wake of watching those sanctimonious virtue signaling celebrities at the recent Emmy Awards on the wrong side of history, I was reminded of a time when such shenanigans were swatted in glorious style.
Many of you may remember that back in 1978, actress Vanessa Redgrave made a complete vile goose of herself when accepting the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress:
Enter Paddy Chayefsky, the famous American playwright, screenwriter and novelist, who was not going to have a bar of it when he got up to speak. His clapback remains one of the best mic drops in history.
With all the virtue signaling celebrities on the wrong side of history, now seems like an opportune time to post one of the great mic drops in history: Paddy Chayefsky’s takedown of Vanessa Redgrave at the 1978 Oscars after her infamous “Zionist hoodlums” speech. pic.twitter.com/bCTfFUjDmc
— David Lange (@Israellycool) September 16, 2025
Talk about a Paddywhack!
Oh, how I pine for a return to a time when there were adults in the room.
