I agree with what Peen said but I thought you were not allowed to use the Oscars as a political stage.
Penn was being honored for his portrayal of an historic and courageous gay activist so he gave a shout out to the struggle for equal rights for gays. If he'd been talking about equal rights for women or blacks, there wouldn't be a single complaint. The only difference here is that people are still voting to discriminate against gays. And he's right: shame on them. There was nothing inappropriate in what he said.
Like I said, I agree with him I just thought the Oscars 'punished' Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon for using the stage as a political platform in the past.
Batman, I like your posting in the D&D. I hope you've noticed that I'm one of the dreaded "libpigs," too when I post there. What I said was probably just fumes since I thought he was an odd choice for the award. I forgot that Penn was a political kind of guy.
I guess our oscar winners get outsourced too...Just Joking. I wanted Mickey to win. Very happy for Kate. I love that girl, seriously.
I still haven't been able to see "Milk." Especially now that Sean Penn won the Oscar, I really want to check it out. Loved everything he said, btw. It's needed. I was so happy to see Kate Winslet win.
Agree. Bottom line- it's their platform, and they have the right to say what they want- and face the criticism if it's inappropriate. No problem with this at all- and like others said, it's Penn- what else do you expect? He's right, too- shame on them. Now, I'm going to search my DVD cabinet and watch Fast Times at Ridgemont High to remind myself how far Penn's come- "All I need are some tasty waves and some cool buds." Still holds true today.
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Judging the context of Penn's movie, I really dont have an issue. The subtext of Milk is the very sentiment Penn described in his speech. I don't see how anyone could have expected him to say anything else. On a different note, Slumdog won best picture. Didnt see that coming. (PS I'm indian and already got phone calls from India, no one went to work there today)
Damn I missed this...Anne looked great and so did Jolie...mmmm...Glad to see the joker win... I've wanted to see Slumdog Millionaire before, and the same with Milk...
