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, explained that the long-running awards show should simply be seen as a “television shows first” and less as a measure of an artistic work’s merit.

“So I don’t I get very excited about what we’ll call the Academy Awards [except for] when a film like ‘The Florida Project,’ or ‘I’m Still Here,’ or, you know, ‘Emilia Perez,’ of the things that are likely to happen this year,” he added. He also weighed in on the controversy over Ali Abbasi’s “The Apprentice,” saying “when something sneaks through, it’s to be celebrated.”

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“It’s jaw-dropping how afraid this [so-called] business of mavericks is of a great film like that. One with great, great acting. [It’s amazing] that they too can be as afraid as a piddly little Republican congressman,” he said.

The Academy, aka the Oscars, has refrained from responding to Penn’s comments.

This is coming after Samuel L Jackson revealed that it’s not an honor to be nominated for the Oscars. According to him, it actually becomes an honor when you do win it.

Prior to his comments in the AP Entertainment interview, he had previously accused the awards show of snubbing his movies, regardless of his top-notch performances.

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