It seems like a norm now that most of the things that happen these days with the Oscars is something that is not calculated at all.
I mean nobody expected the 83 year old Welshman to win this prestigious honour, well here everyone expected the honour would be bestowed upon Chadwick Boseman.
To be honest. Yeah, that was true. To end the ceremony with a tribute to the late actor what else is better than that. I mean even the producers had their money on late Chadwick Boseman. But it seems the jury has something different in their mind. The 83-year-old Welshman was asleep in his hometown.
The reaction was indeed a surprise.
This morning, Hopkins posted a delayed Oscars acceptance speech to his social media accounts. “Here I am in my homeland in Wales,” Hopkins said in his social media acceptance speech. “At 83 years of age, I did not expect to get this award, I really didn’t. I’m very grateful to the Academy – thank you. I want to pay tribute to Chadwick Boseman, who was taken from us far too early. Again, thank you all very much. I really did not expect this, I feel very privileged and honored, thank you.”
Many already consider this as a gaffe, to the point some are calling it as a mistake like La La land, but see the thing here is the entire jury selected Hopkins on merit. And I believe merit can’t be subverted because of sentimental value. Some claim that Boseman didn’t get the honor he deserved.
Well, I believe that it’s an issue then let’s just appreciate the fact that the actor was brilliant and be respectful.