Phil Lord and Hollywood’s Animators Slam Oscars for ‘Belittling’ Animation Categories
thewrap.comWhen presenters Halle Bailey, Lily James and Naomi Scott — actresses who starred in live-action remakes of Disney animated films — came out to present the award, the teleprompter script provided for them by the Oscars’ writing staff included remarks on how animated movies are “formative experiences” for kids who watch them “over and over.”“I see some parents who know exactly what we’re talking about,” quipped Scott.
But a lot of animators on Twitter resented the joke, including “The Lego Movie” co-director Phil Lord, who tweeted sarcastically that it was “super cool to position animation as something that kids watch and adults have to endure.”Super cool to position animation as something that kids watch and adults have to endureman it's soooo fucking hard to just, every fuckin' day, have the thing you've dedicated your entire life to, be thrown away like a fucking gum wrapper lol #NewDeal4Animation #OscarsThanks to the Oscars and AMPAS for belittling the hard work of animators who kept your entire industry financially solvent when COVID shut down every live action set.
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