Originally Posted By Zingish
I am old enough to remember the Oscar award to Marlon Brando for "Last Tango in Paris." He didn't attend the ceremony, but had a native American woman accept the award on his behalf. So the woman started in and spoke about the mistreatment of Native Americans. There was a lot of booing and hissing from the audience as she spoke. I guess actors have always used their acceptance speeches to inject their political views.


Actually, that was for "The Godfather" ... He was nominated again the next year for "Last Tango in Paris" and most critixs agree that he didn't win the award specifically because of how he disrespected tha Oscars the year before with the Native American woman stunt (Jack Lemmon actually wom for his role in "Save The Tiger").
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