Almost every moment of that awkward scene was a huge slap to the face, a huge display of disrespect to the cast and crew of Moonlight, who put their heart and souls into their movie only to have their moment stolen from them. And I do mean stolen in the strongest sense of the world. That shit was stolen, on purpose.Â
From the very moment that man opened the envelope he knew something was wrong. He knew there was a mistake. He knew he shouldnât have gone forward, but that woman saw La La Land and never questioned it because obvious and said the name anyway. That was the first hit.Â
Then they let the cast and crew come on stage, knowing it was wrong, knowing there was a mistake, knowing the further they let this go the more detrimental it would become. Second hit.Â
Jordan Horowitz didnât know they had lost. He gave his speech as planned and passed the mic along. But halfway through Marc Plattâs speech, they were told. You could see it on their faces. They knew, but didnât stop him, didnât say hey this isnât for us, hey this wasnât ours. They let him go, they let him have his moment, a moment that wasnât his. They kept the light from Moonlight so Marc Platt could shine. Third hit.Â
Then, the shit they really canât be forgiven for happened. They let Berger speak. By this time they all knew Moonlight won. They all knew the award wasnât theirs. But they gave the award to Berger ANYWAY and let him speak ANYWAY. They stole that moment. They knew it wasnât thereâs but decided theyâd speak because they had that spotlight anyways. Berger didnât even tell the audience what he already knew, that they had lost, until after he saw someone come to do it for him.And when he did, he didnât give the glory to Moonlight, he didnât say their name or congrats, he just said âWe lost, by the wayâ and prepared to leave the stage with his award. Had Horowitz not stopped all of them and said âNo, wait, Moonlight wonâ thatâs what they would have done. They would have taken that moment and run away with it.
Moonlightâs win will forever be overshadowed by this moment, by what the producera did not say when they needed to say it. Grace would have been to tell the truth immediately. Grace would have been to let the audience know the rightful winner. But the producerâs of La La Land tried to give their speeches and leave. Thatâs not grace, and yaâll need to stop applauding white people for doing the bare fucking minimum.
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