Jada Pinkett Smith Calls Out The Golden Globes
Jada Pinkett Smith Calls Out The Golden Globes For Their Tiffany Haddish & Girls Trip Snub
Tanya Edwards
Photo: Michele K. Short/Universal Studios.
The Golden Globe nominations were announced yesterday, and they've already stirred up a lot of controversy and feelings. Our own Sesali Bowen wrote about how she thinks Jordan Peele, the genius behind February's thriller Get Out, was robbed, and we looked at the depressing lack of (as in zero) women nominated for best director.
And today, Jada Pinkett Smith, one of the stars of the huge critical and commercial smash Girls Trip weighed in with a scathing Twitter thread about why Tiffany Haddish was overlooked for a nomination for her role in the hilarious film.
Her words clearly resonated with fans, as they commented and reacted to her tweets in the thousands.
I have so much to say on why @TiffanyHaddish was not nominated for a Globe... but I won't ?
— Jada Pinkett Smith (@jadapsmith) December 11, 2017
Actually I will... here we go...
I'm not upset about @TiffanyHaddish or @GirlsTripMovie not getting a nom... I'm discouraged about the fact that the Hollywood Foreign Press/@goldenglobes wouldn't even WATCH the movie.
Girls Trip was one of the most successful films this summer & Tiff was hands down the funniest person on screen in 2017 and we couldn't get eyes on the film or a press conference. How could a nom happen & how much more critical acclaim must a movie have to simply get a screening?
But yet... Tiff has been asked to present at their ceremony. This isn't about shaming, this is about the need for discussion of an antiquated system.
And I dare not invalidate all the many journalist and people from all walks of life who have supported this movie by defining the issue as simply... racism.
Hollywood has systems in place that must learn to expand its concepts of race, gender equality and inclusion in regard to its perceptions of art across the board.
The fact that the brilliance of @TheBigSickMovie went unnoticed and the fact that one of the most prolific films of the year, @GetOutMovie, is considered a comedy... illuminates the depths of the sunken place... for real.
Moments like this occur so that we have an opportunity to discuss, recreate and regenerate old paradigms. It's all about growth. Love.
Stunningly, according to Pinkett Smith, the Hollywood Foreign Press – the 89 person panel that votes for the Golden Globe nominations – declined to watch the film.
Obviously, this raises the question: what else have they declined to screen?
It begs the question, if the HFPA refused to even watch "Girls Trip," which other movies featuring actors of color in the main roles have they refused to watch in the past?
— Brandon Moore (@indigo_15) December 12, 2017
Another Twitter user pointed out the Globes are happy to have Haddish at their event, and maybe not for the most generous reasons.
They didn't even watch the movie, or screen it..... to nominate her, but will use her recent fame to HOPE to bring in our audience to their show just because we know she's going to own her moment. Wow.
— CEO Meech (@1KingMeech) December 12, 2017
Filmmaker Julia Hart jumped in with a supportive tweet.
This thread says it all. Every institution in this town needs to expand its perspective to make the world a better, more inclusive place. Thank you @jadapsmith https://t.co/IJoVXZI7YO
— Julia Hart (@juliahartowitz) December 12, 2017
This is not the star's first time calling out a Hollywood awards institution. In 2016, Pinkett Smith, her husband Will Smith, and Spike Lee all boycotted the Academy Awards due to the lack of diversity among the nominees.
At the time, she explained in a Facebook video that she was upset the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences didn't nominate any actors of colour in major categories.
"Today is Martin Luther King's birthday, and I can't help but ask the question: Is it time that people of colour recognise how much power and influence we have amassed that we no longer need to ask to be invited anywhere?" she wrote. "I ask the question: Have we come to a new time and place where we recognise that we can no longer beg for the love, acknowledge, or respect of any group?"
And let's not forget all the major milestones the movie has had. Girl's Trip became the first film written, directed, produced, and starring African-Americans to break the $100 million dollar mark, opening with $30.4 million domestically in its opening weekend. The film also garnered an excellent 88% rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes.
Refinery29's Arianna Davis declared that it's was the most important film of the the summer, writing that "it shows the film industry, audiences, and the world of comedy that a truly funny story can make anybody laugh — no matter what the cast looks like."
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