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Winner
for Best Supporting Actress Patricia Arquette accepts her award on
stage at the 87th Oscars February 22, 2015 in Hollywood, California.
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Patricia Arquette Steals Oscars With Rousing Speech Calling For Equal Pay In Hollywood, Nation
February 22, 2015 10:03 PM
Winner
for Best Supporting Actress Patricia Arquette accepts her award on
stage at the 87th Oscars February 22, 2015 in Hollywood, California.
(credit: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)
The message elicited a visible response from everyone in the audience, most especially Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lopez, who cheered and clapped in front of the cameras. Streep threw her hand up several times, as if to say “right on,” to Arquette, who got fired up while reading the prepared speech: “…To every woman who gave birth to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have fought for everybody else’s equal rights. It’s our time to have wage equality once and for all, and equal rights for women in the United States of America.”
The cameras cut to her “Boyhood” co-star Ethan Hawke and the film’s director, Richard Linklater, who were smiling and clapping vigorously in support.
Arquette was making a point to an industry that has long been dominated by white males. The issue of equality in Hollywood has long been a struggle for female actors, many of whom have complained about the lack of roles and fair compensation. This year alone, all the main characters in films nominated for “Best Picture” were played by men.
Critics of the awards show also lambasted the voting process, which lacked diversity. Case in point: Many felt “Selma” director Ava DuVernay and star David Oyelowo, who played Martin Luther King Jr., were robbed of a nomination.
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