Academy Awards for political opinions?

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Poll - Do you think celebrities should use the Academy Awards for a political platform?

  • Yes, celebrities have the power to be heard and speak for the people
    18.75% (3)
  • No, they should stick to show business
    62.50% (10)
  • I don't really care one way or the other
    18.75% (3)
Total Members Voted: 16
  • Hi LCB'ers,

     With the academy Awards around the corner there are people wondering if there will be any political statements made. 

     Do you feel this is the platform for celebrities to voice their political views? 

  • Interesting question Lipstick* I think academy Awards isn't the place to voice political views but on the other hand, situation globaly is getting crazy and if I would have chance to raise my voice, I would :) Only because of the fact, too many people are watching and celebrities have the power and they can come close to the people hearts.Its not the platform to voice political views but who cares, its not forbidden too.

  • On one side- yeah the Oscars is the biggest stage where to say something that will be heard. On the other side, they are entertainers, their political views, mostly, are the same as other individuals simply their voice is powerfull in other peoples ears. All in all, they aren't political figures and many of them forget about that, they are entertainers so stick on your field :D

  • Great question. I think that people like to hear what celebrities think regarding everything,  especially politics. It can sometimes make them take their star's point of view. Yeah I do agree that celebrities ' views can influence their fans' opinion. Why not, academy awards can be a place where the current political situation will be mentioned. 

  • Sure, they can voice their views, it's their right, but that doesn't really matter. I actually don't think that celebrities have any real influence on public opinion. That's why I answer the poll "I don't really care one way or the other".

    As it is said already, they are just ordinary people like the rest of us. Even though we are curious to hear what they have to say, we do not take their opinion seriously, as some kind of truth, because we will listen and approve only those celebrities with whom we agree. Others are stupid, right? :)

    I think that our political views are formed from our own life experiences, reading books, learning more about politics, economics, sociology and philosophy.

  • Thank you all, this is actually a very interesting debate to me. I trully enjoy hearing different opinions and unfortunatelly people relate to celebritiy people opinions. I wish they make up their own opinions and do some reasearch as a must. This world would be better place to be, correct me if I am wrong. As for Brexit I agrre with you Mfayyaz. 

  • I think celebrities hold a lot of power in this day in age, especially with the younger generation. People follow what they say, hence why celebrity endorsments on brand name products works so well in the marketing world, the common thought is if a celebrity wears that brand of sneakers, clothing, perfume then its a cool brand.

    I think the academy awards will be used as a platform to speak their political views. Its free and has millions of eyeballs watching!

     

     

     

  • There will surely be some political statements but I guess it depends on the winners. If Meryl Streep gets to speak I'm sure she will say something memorable ;)

    I think celebrities have to be involved in social life, they have to speak out because they have the power to reach millions of people with their words. With that power comes responsibility though, so they have to think twice before speaking. 

  • yes, and also to hell with political correctness ! laugh_out_loud

  • i dont really care tbh whistle

  • Don't care, sure they have a right to voice their opinion like anyone else, but their agendas do not correlate with those of ordinary people.

    Most of their public speeches are paid propaganda, and I'm sure they are well compensated for it. 

    As far as I'm concerned, they can take their pampered, priviliged behinds back to their villas and resume posting bathroom selfies on Instagram. Like we don't have enough of their bad acting and microphone abusing already....

  • Well, the reason obviously for all this anarchy is President Trump. My country is divided in half and as a result, there is political unrest. It is a worrisome situation as some protests escalate, violence and criminal activity follows. Major cities are the hardest hit and Chicago is one of the most volatile during this very turbulent time. 

    Regardless of what my or anyone else's political views are the fact is Trump was voted in by the American people. By celebrities expressing their political opinions on programs completely unrelated to politics does nothing but fan the fire and bridge a hostile gap between Democrats, Republicans and the American people.

    Almost all celebrity speeches/comments are opposed to Trump. Joy Villa in favor of the president wore a dress with the Trump name at the Grammy awards got death threats! Sales for her music also skyrocketed. 

    I say stick to the regularly scheduled program, let the American people digest it all, give peace a chance and quit reeking havoc! 

     

  • To answer you question, no, I don't think it's necessarily the appropriate place to get on your political soap box. Celebrities know the power that they have and most all of them use social media. Let's save the government chit chat for those platforms. At least the public has the choice to continue following them or not. The awards shows are about the movies and music that we've escaped to through the year. I really want to watch Leo get an award or listen to Adele without a reminder of how awful things are for a couple of hours. Is that so much to ask?

  • In my opinion academy awards must be beyond politics. Cinema is primarily the art and should not pursue political goals. Intervention policy devalues the importance of cinema as an independent art. And those who are trying to make it biased in one direction or another is not an artist, but a simple politician.

  • Somebody mentioned the US president election, those who were the Hilary supporters, they looked brainwashed almost.. With Obama it was different. Simply leave the politics behind at that's it. But will not happen, as it has usualy benn that way starting with Brando if i am correct end ending with this years somebody probably

  • Hey, guys,

     

    What would you say about this picture ? :)

  • It is amazing how this made international news making it bigger than it really should be even though I have to admit was clever. 

  • If celebrities want to expres thier opinion on any subject, that is thier right. The academy awards are a platform to acknowledge the movies and film. To spend your entire time on stage, trashing the president of the US, seems like a selfish, foolish, waste of our time. How about taking that time to thank all the people, that put you on that stage. The make-up artist, wardrobe guy and the person stocking your trailer with goodies. They dont get the fact , that just because you are in the spotlight, doesnt give you the right to spread hate and lies. They should be trying to bring everyone together,  I have not heard one celebrity come up with a single idea , that shows that they want peace and harmony. It all boils down to this, Donald Trump was elected President. Whether you like him or hate him, doesnt. matter. The democrats lost, and instead  of doing  whats right for the people of this country, they have  thier own agendas. Sorry to ramble on.! thanks for listening.

     

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