Chris Rock Teases Oscars Show with #Blackout Tweet
During the build-up to hosting this years Academy Awards, Chris Rock has done his best at avoiding diversity conversations surrounding this years show. Well, apart from when he called the Oscars the "White BET Awards." However, Rock sent out a tweet on Friday teasing a "blackout."
“See you Sunday… #blackout #oscars,” he tweeted with a video showing a television blackout.
After the nominations for this years show were announced, some members of the African-American community asked Rock to step down from hosting the show. But Oscars producer Reginald Hudlin said Rock would not abandon the hosting gig, rather, poke fun at the #OscarSoWhite controversy.
“The Academy is excited about him doing that,” Hudlin said. “They know that’s what we need. They know that’s what the public wants, and we deliver what the people want.”
The Academy have vowed to improve diversity among nominees by altering membership practices, recruiting new members, and establishing new governor seats to increase members of different genders and backgrounds.
