No, the jab wasn’t over the fact that it’s not being bestowed this year to a notable filmmaker (last year’s recipient being Ang Lee).
“In researching the awards, the lifetime achievement award used to be known as the D.W. Griffith Award named after the director who in 1915 made the movie Birth of a Nation, which glorifies the Ku Klux Klan, the most reprehensible racist film.”
“So, of course, we had to change the name of the award as soon as we could,” before punchlining, “Which was 1999!”
“Because until 1999, we said, KKK — let’s see how things play out,” said the Oscar nominated The Big Sick scribe and star, “1999! That’s when The Matrix came out.
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