Brie Larson was none too pleased when she had to hand the Best Actor trophy at the 2017 Academy Awards to Casey Affleck, who had been accused of sexual harassment. A similar level of displeasure appeared to happen at tonight’s Oscars when Larson and her Captain Marvel co-star Samuel L. Jackson (not Goose, unfortunately) announced the winner of Best Original Screenplay: Green Book, written by Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly, and Nick Vallelonga. The same Nick Vallelonga who once tweeted, “.@RealDonaldTrump 100% correct. Muslims in Jersey City cheering when towers went down. I saw it, as you did, possibly on local CBS news.” Take a look at SLJ’s reaction.
https://twitter.com/ambermruffin/status/1099870080823947264
Compare that to when Jackson read Spike Lee’s name (along with Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, and Kevin Willmott) in the Best Adapted Screenplay envelope for BlacKkKlansman. He couldn’t have been more excited.
get you a hype man like Samuel L. Jackson 😂😂#Oscars pic.twitter.com/0LvHpMiAR6
— UPROXX (@UPROXX) February 25, 2019
(Beyond Vallelonga’s comments, there were other reasons why Jackson was disappointed Green Book — a movie where a white man tells a black guy that he should like fried chicken — won, like how it’s not as good as fellow nominees The Favourite, or First Reformed, or Roma.)
Others were quick to notice the difference in responses.
Brie Larson gasped, Samuel L. Jackson’s eyebrows hit the ceiling and they both announced “Green Book” for best screenplay like: pic.twitter.com/xAQdvQ7snX
— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) February 25, 2019
the difference between samuel l jackson presenting green book with an oscar and samuel l jackson presenting blackkklansman with an oscar deserves an oscar
— ellie 🪐 (@eleanorbate) February 25, 2019
https://twitter.com/inkookang/status/1099869719337754625
Just *slightly* different reactions from Samuel L. Jackson to the two screenplay awards.
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) February 25, 2019
https://twitter.com/gabedelahaye/status/1099870144619114498
Somebody needs to gif Samuel L. Jackson's dual facial responses after giving out Oscars to both Green Book and BlacKkKlansman.
— Sara M Fetters (@MoviefreakSara) February 25, 2019
There’s even video evidence now.
https://twitter.com/tole_cover/status/1099874769007185920
For a complete list of 2019 Oscars winners, click here.
