A Penis, Trump, and 9/11: How ‘Green Book’ Became the Most Controversial Oscars Movie of the Year
This year’s Oscars race is populated by a British royal in a manipulative and steamy love triangle with two other women, a black comedy reassessing the rise and legacy of Dick Cheney, and a Spike Lee drama titled BlacKkKlansman. And yet the most controversial movie of awards season has become, in an unlikely turn, Green Book.
The historical dramedy, about the friendship forged between legendary musician Dr. Don Shirley and his boorish chauffeur during a tour of the civil rights-era Deep South, has come under fire for its factual inaccuracies, comments made by star Viggo Mortensen, objections from Dr. Shirley’s family, its anodyne treatment of race, the nearly all-white racial makeup of its creative and producing team, and the simple fact that it keeps winning awards despite many critics ruling that it is not very good.
But this week, days after Green Book took home three trophies at the Golden Globe Awards including Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, two truly wild new scandals emerged: a man flashing famous women his penis and a writer tweeting with Donald Trump about Muslims cheering 9/11.
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