The Academy is not unaccustomed to controversy,with many artists having used the Oscar ceremony as a political platformBefore 1973, sending a proxy to pick up your Oscar was acceptable, and but when Marlon Brando deputised a Native American activist,who then rebuffed the award, it led to the practice being outlawed. Presenter Roger Moore was left clutching the best actor prize as Sacheen Littlefeather explained Brando “regretfully cannot accept this very generous award” due to “the treatment of American Indians nowadays by the film industry and on television and in film reruns”. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com