In his speech, Lee talked about America's fraught racial history and placed his political comments about Trump within that larger narrative.
"This film, whether we won Best Picture or not, this film will stand the test of time being on the right side of history".
Lee, who captured the best adapted screenplay trophy for BlacKkKlansman, jumped into the arms of presenter, longtime collaborator and close friend Samuel L. Jackson when he took the stage Sunday to accept his award with Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott.
Lee, whose "Do the Right Thing" came out the same year that "Driving Miss Daisy" won best picture, was among those most visibly upset by the award handed to "Green Book".
"I'm snakebitten. I mean, every time somebody is driving somebody, I lose".
Trump tweeted on Monday that Lee did a "racist hit on your President".
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She also reached out to an attorney in Florida about two months afterward. 'You want to move on with your life. She said fellow campaign workers subsequently joked about the kiss after details were shared.
Other writers from the film declined to address Lee's reaction to the outcome of the best picture contest.
It adds to a long list of awards Ali has won for his "Green Book" performance, following wins at the BAFTA Awards, Golden Globes, SAG Awards and Critics' Choice Awards. Chris, you and I are both for love versus hate. "We all connect with ancestors, to regain our humanity". "But they changed the seating arrangement!" directly shading Green Book. "Let me give you a British answer - it wasn't my cup of tea".
"I thought I was courtside at the Garden and the ref made a bad call", the die-hard New York Knicks fan quipped.
- Steve Blum (@blumspew) February 25, 2019The appropriate response is "Congratulations to Spike Lee on his first Oscar!". "But, in '89 I didn't get nominated, so this one we did", he said. Let's all mobilise. Let's all be on the right side of history. Let's do the right thing!
It closes with images taken from real footage of the "Unite the White" rally in Charlottesville, Va., in August 2017 that led to the death of Heather Heyer.
"I love that he didn't mention Trump by name, but Trump heard "hate" and assumed it was about him", Meyers quipped.
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