Saturday, 12 November 2016 |
Report from Pasadena Weekly
For the entire report please see
http://www.pasadenaweekly.com/cms/story/detail/?id=16623
The Hand That Feeds
Activist calls for Academy to withdrawal honorary Oscar for
pro-communist Jackie Chan
By Kevin Uhrich 11/10/2016
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Reached for comment by the Pasadena
Weekly, Lau explained her many issues with Chan, and criticized
the academy's board of governors, including Steven Spielberg,
for honoring the actor.
"I think it will bring shame to the
academy. It's not standing for what the academy is supposed to
be," Lau told PW. "You're honoring someone who is totally the
opposite of our American ideal. The ideal is to promote and
standing up for the right of freedom of expression.
"Steven Spielberg and the rest of the
academy governors have to know that beyond making money and
beyond reaching the Chinese audience he needs to be true to his
own self and what he has done, and I feel that it's very sad for
the entire American film industry," Lau continued. "There's a
big difference between making money and giving up your own core
values. I think the academy has sold out its core values for a
few pieces of silver."
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