Stephen King Pissed People Off Over Tone-Deaf Tweet About the Oscars

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Stephen King is under fire on Twitter after a recent tweet about the lack of diversity around the Academy Awards.

As a writer, I am allowed to nominate in just 3 categories: Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Original Screenplay. For me, the diversity issue–as it applies to individual actors and directors, anyway–did not come up. That said…
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) January 14, 2020

…I would never consider diversity in matters of art. Only quality. It seems to me that to do otherwise would be wrong.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) January 14, 2020

Loads of people weren’t happy with him, with many claiming that he was downplaying the issue.

https://twitter.com/ava/status/1217103032543932417

https://twitter.com/rgay/status/1217136352455606274

What systems do you think decided what “quality” is?
— Olivia A. Cole (@RantingOwl) January 14, 2020

Ahhhh see the real kicker is that diversity IS art! pic.twitter.com/E2ldz69Xny
— Maude Garrett (@maudegarrett) January 14, 2020

Oh man… well you can’t win them all, Stephen. Hopefully you’ll soon understand what all the fuss is about.

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Stephen King Pissed People Off Over Tone-Deaf Tweet About the Oscars

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