Natalie Portman’s Oscar Outfit Honors Snubbed Female Directors
Even though celebrity life may not be everyone’s cup of tea, the Oscars ceremony is a real guilty pleasure for many of us mere mortals. It’s the night when everyone gets fancy and dressed up, we get to hear some wonderful speeches, and also see our favorite movies get recognized by the film community. Furthermore, we get to satisfy our inner fashionistas, feasting our eyes on spectacular outfits. One of those spectacular outfits showcased this year belongs to Natalie Portman and carries a very special meaning within it. Portman decided to celebrate all the female directors that were not recognized and have their names intricately embroidered on her fabulous cape.
Natalie Portman wore a black and gold dress accompanied by a black cape that was embroidered with the names of women directors who were not acknowledged in the Best Director category
Names on Portman’s cape included Lorene Scafaria, the director of Hustlers, Lulu Wang, The Farewell’s director and Greta Gerwig, the director of Little Women
This is how she explained her fashion choice
Ron Howard: “We are honored … to be here to present the award for best director.”
Natalie Portman, done with this shit: “And here are the all-male nominees.” 🔥 pic.twitter.com/8JboypiADo
— David Mack (@davidmackau) January 8, 2018
Furthermore, it was not the first time she spoke about the issue of the Academy nominating only male directors
Natalie Portman embroidered her Dior cape with all of the female directors who weren’t nominated for #Oscars. Check out her explanation here. pic.twitter.com/kyyo2wVMZf
— Amy Kaufman (@AmyKinLA) February 10, 2020
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Share on FacebookI'm a woman but in all honesty, those films didn't deserve to be nominated for Best Director. I mean Hustlers? Come on.
I'll accept that as fair if you can honestly say you saw Hustlers.
Load More Replies...Doesn't it come to her mind, that maybe they weren't nominated because they had stronger opponents, whose work was better and it has nothing to do with them being women?
And it's pure coincidence that women's work just never lives up to the Oscars' standards? When only five women directors have ever been nominated in the Oscar's history while utter mediocrity has been nominated more than once, there definitely seems to be a problem. If it was a question of quality only, there would not be such a large disparity between men and women nominees.
Load More Replies...'Making a statement', but still going to the Oscars, supporting Hollywood, working with those male directors, living the good life with the money she earns from that rotten world, etc.
Yes, but she is making a political statement that could effect her future career opportunities. So it's not without cost.
Load More Replies...Why didn't she hire a woman run fashion company to make her dress? Scandalous
She owns a production company... only ever hired 1 female director...her
Just a list of the directors whose films were not quite good enough.
Another hashtag activist.Her dress saved millions of people in the world.I guess her powerful speech cured cancer and made blind people see.Hollywood is so good at fighting against everything bad in this world.Thank you Natalie,thank you hollywood
Makes statement about not enough female directors being nominated. 9 of her last 10 films were directed by a man. Hollywood hypocrisy.
Also, this logic essentially boils down to: If this woman wants to empower women, she should reject work that is being offered to her... where's the logic in that? How is that empowering women? Imagine just for sake of this discussion that for some reason, you decided to support Alaskan CEOs. So when any company without an Alaskan CEO offers you a job, you reject it. What good would that do? Similarly, how is an actress rejecting work supposed to help women directors?
Load More Replies...Maybe they need to step up their game..... She is SO stunning and brave.
Natalie Portman's own production company "Handomecharliefilms" has never hired a female director other than herself. There was 8 chances she had to put women in a position of being nominated at the Oscars but she choose to hire male directors instead. Interesting...
It seems to be the day and age where gender and race are more important than what you actually accomplished or created. In contests we don't have winners or losers anymore, everyone needs to get a participation award. I can remember when only kids in kindergarten got them.
I love the cloak and dress. It makes her look so empowering and reminds me of some of her previous movies
........and kind and compassionate human being. She cares about collective good, the environment, and animals - all sentient life. "You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you." - John Bunyan. - Stop criticizing and do something for someone, or some worthy cause, without being repaid, please.
Load More Replies...So if you're black and/or female and/or transgender etc you should automatically be nominated for an Oscar? Yeah, really empowering.
Little Women was garbage. Greta Gerwig took the nuance of Louisa May Alcott's classic and spelled it out like it was for kindergartners. Not to mention that the March sisters lived 7 hours by horse from the beach.
Future Oscars will simply automatically hand out statues to all non-whites. Merit no longer required. Happy?
It's the participation award for those women! LOL Liberals are so messed up. So much virtue signaling, so little time.
As has already been pointed out Natalie has her own production company that to date has only hired one female director. But wearing a dress worth more than most peoples houses will show everyone she’s all about equality
Unfortunately, real life is not like kindergarten, where everybody gets a prize so that nobody feels "rejected". The world is competitive, too much sometimes, especially if money is involved. Some actors have refused to participate in the Oscars circus, but these "empowered women" want their cake and eat it: they want to be there, and they want to win, and when they don't win they play the discrimination card and claim they didn't win because of gender bias. If you think Hollywood is biased do something meaningful about it, like starting your own company and making the films you want.
No woman director was good enough this year. That's about it. (I bet I get 5 more points taken off me by tomorrow)
I've turned Bored Panda into a game. There's no dialogue to be had here, so I'm just trying to get -1000. I never lie, though, I just tell uncomfortable truths.
Load More Replies...I'm guessing it wasn't her idea. Chances are a designer out there was hoping to make a name for themselves, created something controversial, found a celebrity who was willing to wear it and viola.....instant fame.
Oh my gosh, guys, she’s trying to make a point here. It may not be spot on, but it’s definitely accurate in saying that women are rarely noticed for amazing films while men have been nominated for absolute c**p. Ease up a little. I personally LOVED Hustlers!
In any case, what makes a director good or not? I'm not in the cinema industry so it's not obvious to me. Cinematography, I see the result so I get it, montage, same, CGI and special effects, same, acting, same etc ... But director? Would the movie be really different if another director handled it?
Definitely not enough s****y financial flops directed towards feminist. Begging for more wasted money and s**t for me to laugh at like The all female cast of Gost Busters, Birds of Prey, Terminator, Charlie's Angels.
Oddly I don't see you speaking of the all male flops in there same way. Perhaps it only matters when women are in mediocre movies? I don't see you dragging Jack The Giant Slayer, Justice League (headlined by men), King Arthur, John Carter, The Lone Ranger... it's almost as though you are extremely selective when you judge a flop and only blame the actors when there's not enough w**g in the screen. Might I suggest more porn? You'll see all the d**k you desire and you don't seem to appreciate any sort of novelty in your plotlines.
Load More Replies...I'm a woman but in all honesty, those films didn't deserve to be nominated for Best Director. I mean Hustlers? Come on.
I'll accept that as fair if you can honestly say you saw Hustlers.
Load More Replies...Doesn't it come to her mind, that maybe they weren't nominated because they had stronger opponents, whose work was better and it has nothing to do with them being women?
And it's pure coincidence that women's work just never lives up to the Oscars' standards? When only five women directors have ever been nominated in the Oscar's history while utter mediocrity has been nominated more than once, there definitely seems to be a problem. If it was a question of quality only, there would not be such a large disparity between men and women nominees.
Load More Replies...'Making a statement', but still going to the Oscars, supporting Hollywood, working with those male directors, living the good life with the money she earns from that rotten world, etc.
Yes, but she is making a political statement that could effect her future career opportunities. So it's not without cost.
Load More Replies...Why didn't she hire a woman run fashion company to make her dress? Scandalous
She owns a production company... only ever hired 1 female director...her
Just a list of the directors whose films were not quite good enough.
Another hashtag activist.Her dress saved millions of people in the world.I guess her powerful speech cured cancer and made blind people see.Hollywood is so good at fighting against everything bad in this world.Thank you Natalie,thank you hollywood
Makes statement about not enough female directors being nominated. 9 of her last 10 films were directed by a man. Hollywood hypocrisy.
Also, this logic essentially boils down to: If this woman wants to empower women, she should reject work that is being offered to her... where's the logic in that? How is that empowering women? Imagine just for sake of this discussion that for some reason, you decided to support Alaskan CEOs. So when any company without an Alaskan CEO offers you a job, you reject it. What good would that do? Similarly, how is an actress rejecting work supposed to help women directors?
Load More Replies...Maybe they need to step up their game..... She is SO stunning and brave.
Natalie Portman's own production company "Handomecharliefilms" has never hired a female director other than herself. There was 8 chances she had to put women in a position of being nominated at the Oscars but she choose to hire male directors instead. Interesting...
It seems to be the day and age where gender and race are more important than what you actually accomplished or created. In contests we don't have winners or losers anymore, everyone needs to get a participation award. I can remember when only kids in kindergarten got them.
I love the cloak and dress. It makes her look so empowering and reminds me of some of her previous movies
........and kind and compassionate human being. She cares about collective good, the environment, and animals - all sentient life. "You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you." - John Bunyan. - Stop criticizing and do something for someone, or some worthy cause, without being repaid, please.
Load More Replies...So if you're black and/or female and/or transgender etc you should automatically be nominated for an Oscar? Yeah, really empowering.
Little Women was garbage. Greta Gerwig took the nuance of Louisa May Alcott's classic and spelled it out like it was for kindergartners. Not to mention that the March sisters lived 7 hours by horse from the beach.
Future Oscars will simply automatically hand out statues to all non-whites. Merit no longer required. Happy?
It's the participation award for those women! LOL Liberals are so messed up. So much virtue signaling, so little time.
As has already been pointed out Natalie has her own production company that to date has only hired one female director. But wearing a dress worth more than most peoples houses will show everyone she’s all about equality
Unfortunately, real life is not like kindergarten, where everybody gets a prize so that nobody feels "rejected". The world is competitive, too much sometimes, especially if money is involved. Some actors have refused to participate in the Oscars circus, but these "empowered women" want their cake and eat it: they want to be there, and they want to win, and when they don't win they play the discrimination card and claim they didn't win because of gender bias. If you think Hollywood is biased do something meaningful about it, like starting your own company and making the films you want.
No woman director was good enough this year. That's about it. (I bet I get 5 more points taken off me by tomorrow)
I've turned Bored Panda into a game. There's no dialogue to be had here, so I'm just trying to get -1000. I never lie, though, I just tell uncomfortable truths.
Load More Replies...I'm guessing it wasn't her idea. Chances are a designer out there was hoping to make a name for themselves, created something controversial, found a celebrity who was willing to wear it and viola.....instant fame.
Oh my gosh, guys, she’s trying to make a point here. It may not be spot on, but it’s definitely accurate in saying that women are rarely noticed for amazing films while men have been nominated for absolute c**p. Ease up a little. I personally LOVED Hustlers!
In any case, what makes a director good or not? I'm not in the cinema industry so it's not obvious to me. Cinematography, I see the result so I get it, montage, same, CGI and special effects, same, acting, same etc ... But director? Would the movie be really different if another director handled it?
Definitely not enough s****y financial flops directed towards feminist. Begging for more wasted money and s**t for me to laugh at like The all female cast of Gost Busters, Birds of Prey, Terminator, Charlie's Angels.
Oddly I don't see you speaking of the all male flops in there same way. Perhaps it only matters when women are in mediocre movies? I don't see you dragging Jack The Giant Slayer, Justice League (headlined by men), King Arthur, John Carter, The Lone Ranger... it's almost as though you are extremely selective when you judge a flop and only blame the actors when there's not enough w**g in the screen. Might I suggest more porn? You'll see all the d**k you desire and you don't seem to appreciate any sort of novelty in your plotlines.
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