{"id":231124,"date":"2020-01-16T04:34:16","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T09:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/bradley-whitford-says-stephen-kings-diversity-oscar-tweet-is-ignorant"},"modified":"2020-01-16T04:34:28","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T09:34:28","slug":"bradley-whitford-says-stephen-kings-diversity-oscar-tweet-is-ignorant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/bradley-whitford-says-stephen-kings-diversity-oscar-tweet-is-ignorant","title":{"rendered":"Bradley Whitford Says Stephen King&#039;s Diversity Oscar Tweet is Ignorant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-139051\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">    \t\t<!-- .entry-meta --><br \/>\n    \t<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" readability=\"28.9370629371\">\n\t\t<!-- adman_adcode_beginning --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"62.6091743119\">\n<section id=\"cb-6bb17119b44882532a0d917fe7b1377e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"w-100\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive-item\">\n<div id=\"video-player-beaa435d-b2da-5380-8aca-fdc4b115c75f-1730384439-image-holder\" class=\"video-block-image-holder vilynx_enabled vilynx_audiopolicycta vilynx_hidectaicon\" data-vilynx-id=\"www.tmz.com\/videos\/011520-bradley-whitford-4711187-0-kpkrmi2d\">\n       <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-beaa435d-b2da-5380-8aca-fdc4b115c75f-1730384439-play-btn\"><br \/><span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content<\/span><br \/><\/button><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Brad\" alt=\"Brad\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Bradley-Whitford-Says-Stephen-King039s-Diversity-Oscar-Tweet-is-Ignorant.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><span class=\"media-swipe video-block__media-swipe\">Exclusive<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>       <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n     <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-4988addec672bc71d3786f1a618c18e9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"28.2790697674\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/bradley-whitford\/\"><strong>Bradley Whitford<\/strong><\/a> is calling out<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/stephen-king\/\"><strong>Stephen King<\/strong><\/a> for his color-blind approach to Oscar voting, saying it\u2019s ignorant and underestimates one HUGE advantage they both have: WHITE.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-014b47b752591c808a2e2400c7d77de8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"41\">\n<p>We talked to the \u2018West Wing\u2019 vet Wednesday at LAX about King\u2019s controversial tweet, reacting to movie fans and critics pissed about this year\u2019s Oscar nominees lacking diversity. In a nuthsell, King, who voted on the nominees, said he was only judging on quality \u2026 not diversity.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-a488045d15cf3071447fd0fde5329034\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block canvas-twitter-tweet-block-permalink \">\n<div id=\"cb-a488045d15cf3071447fd0fde5329034-1711070645-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\" readability=\"37.3431372549\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"22.9019607843\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As a writer, I am allowed to nominate in just 3 categories: Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Original Screenplay. For me, the diversity issue\u2013as it applies to individual actors and directors, anyway\u2013did not come up. That said\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen King (@StephenKing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenKing\/status\/1217058366394130433?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\">January 14, 2020<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenKing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@StephenKing<\/a>\n     <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-7d3f1d7c8353c92d91ba1fd5cc0dc26a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block canvas-twitter-tweet-block-permalink \">\n<div id=\"cb-7d3f1d7c8353c92d91ba1fd5cc0dc26a-824312278-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\" readability=\"29.6270718232\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"11.0718232044\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2026I would never consider diversity in matters of art. Only quality. It seems to me that to do otherwise would be wrong.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen King (@StephenKing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenKing\/status\/1217058848403599361?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\">January 14, 2020<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenKing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@StephenKing<\/a>\n     <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-f7c4aa75b89eda85b06df0503e41bf9e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"37\">\n<p>Brad didn\u2019t hesitate to challenge the legendary author, telling us King should consider the fact not everyone is afforded the same opportunities in Hollywood \u2019cause it matters. He didn\u2019t use the phrase, but read between the lines \u2026 he\u2019s talking about white privilege.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-56c0aa8f356135780185738dbf4c8b9f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"w-100\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive-item\">\n<div id=\"video-player-64ad0b18-ab6c-5a91-bea5-ff449b2895be-186337443-image-holder\" class=\"video-block-image-holder vilynx_enabled vilynx_audiopolicycta vilynx_hidectaicon\" data-vilynx-id=\"www.tmz.com\/videos\/011320-tyler-perry-4708339-0-6ek0q5i4\">\n       <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-64ad0b18-ab6c-5a91-bea5-ff449b2895be-186337443-play-btn\"><br \/><span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content<\/span><br \/><\/button><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Hesitate\" alt=\"Hesitate\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1579166617_614_Bradley-Whitford-Says-Stephen-King039s-Diversity-Oscar-Tweet-is-Ignorant.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>       <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n     <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-2fff613bc397441fc906b2be9eed050b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"30.0374331551\">\n<p>He\u2019s not alone either. Remember, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/tyler-perry\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/tyler-perry\/\"><strong>Tyler Perry<\/strong><\/a> was heated after the nominations came out Monday, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2020\/01\/13\/tyler-perry-upset-jennifer-lopez-no-oscar-nomination\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2020\/01\/13\/tyler-perry-upset-jennifer-lopez-no-oscar-nomination\/\"><strong>went off<\/strong><\/a> about a couple snubs of women of color \u2014 namely, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jennifer-lopez\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jennifer-lopez\/\"><strong>Jennifer Lopez<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/awkwafina\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/awkwafina\/\"><strong>Awkwafina<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-3b9639fdef9405a9aba9359c4af7b095\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"39\">\n<p>Now, in fairness to Stephen, who was skewered online after his initial tweets \u2026 he seemed to get why fans were so pissed. Hours later, he tweeted about the importance of Hollywood telling stories about under-represented people \u2014 AKA anyone but white men.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-73573f823b74ca89172e0613b9b58f00\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block canvas-twitter-tweet-block-permalink \">\n<div id=\"cb-73573f823b74ca89172e0613b9b58f00-1733307990-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\" readability=\"36.2285223368\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"20.941580756\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The most important thing we can do as artists and creative people is make sure everyone has the same fair shot, regardless of sex, color, or orientation. Right now such people are badly under-represented, and not only in the arts.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen King (@StephenKing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenKing\/status\/1217098149963227137?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\">January 14, 2020<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenKing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@StephenKing<\/a>\n     <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-af6efde03564092075482d90ef388c72\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-block-is-last \" readability=\"35\">\n<p>To hit that point home, Brad says something pretty spot-on about the industry as a whole, and then offers a brief list of artists and films HE believes were snubbed.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2020\/01\/16\/bradley-whitford-stephen-king-diversity-oscar-tweet-ignorant\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- adman_adcode_after --><\/p>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\">Sharing is caring!<\/p>\n<p class=\"gasd_author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/about-me\" rel=\"author\" title=\"Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson\">Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\"><span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/category\/categorized\/news\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/span>\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-footer --><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/bradley-whitford-says-stephen-kings-diversity-oscar-tweet-is-ignorant\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play video contentExclusive TMZ.com Bradley Whitford is calling out Stephen King for his color-blind approach to Oscar voting, saying it\u2019s ignorant and underestimates one HUGE [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231124\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}