Whoopi Goldberg is speaking out and adding her two cents in the ongoing conversation about the “Barbie” movie’s recent snub at this year’s Oscar nominations.
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For clarity, the social media streets have been lit up with anger from folks who took issue with the fact that neither “Barbie” lead star Margot Robbie nor director Greta Gerwig got nominated. The film’s male lead, Ryan Gosling however, did get nominated for Best Actor while America Ferrera also secured a nom for Best Supporting Actress for the same film. The film was also nominated for Best Picture—of which Robbie is credited as producer and therefore, still eligible for a win. The film is also up for Best Adapted Screenplay, which means Gerwig is also eligible for a win as well.
Yet and still, folks are crying snub and on Wednesday’s episode of The View, it was clear that Goldberg has clearly heard enough it.
“It’s not the elites, it’s the entire family of the Academy Awards who vote for Best Picture nominations. We all vote for Best Picture, everybody,” she said before later disagreeing with a few of her cohost on “Barbie’s” snub and Ava DuVernay’s “Origin” snub, opting instead not to call it that at all.
“There are no snubs. That’s what you have to keep in mind: Not everybody gets a prize, and it is subjective. Movies are subjective,” Goldberg explained. “The movies you love may not be loved by the people who are voting.”
And you know what? She has a point. But just because she has a point, doesn’t mean people can’t still be upset about it. Plus, let’s not act like these voting bodies have always gotten it right (I’m still upset about “The Color Purple” getting mostly shut out this year and “The Woman King’s” snub from 2022.) People can not like what they don’t like, but that doesn’t mean others won’t feel some type of way about it.
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