Jennifer Lopez was snubbed for an Oscar nomination, and Twitter is not taking it well
On Monday, January 13th, the nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards were announced, and we’ll put it bluntly: Jennifer Lopez was not nominated for her performance in Hustlers. Are we surprised? Sadly, no. The Oscars are famous for filling the noms list with the favorite white actors and directors and white-led films, etc. But, nonetheless, we are still shocked, stunned, and upset. How dare they, and also, the audacity…?
Clearly, we’re not alone in our outrage. Twitter can’t quite wrap its head around not seeing J.Lo’s name firmly planted on that list following the header “Actress in a Supporting Role.”
Unsurprisingly, Hustlers and other films like The Farewell, Rocketman, and Harriet were bumped to the back by Academy favorites Joker, 1917, Marriage Story, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. At least the female-led Little Women made the Best Picture nominations list, as did lead Saoirse Ronan, supporting actress Florence Pugh, and writer/director Greta Gerwig for “Best Adapted Screenplay.”
And at least Cynthia Erivo, who played Harriet Tubman in Harriet, made the grade for Best Actress. J.Lo should have been right behind her in the following category, and yet…
JLo's Oscar snub is, sorry to say it, my Joker origin story.
— Brennan Carley (@BrennanCarley) January 13, 2020
This is the saddest I've felt for Jennifer Lopez since "Dear Ben."
— Louis Virtel (@louisvirtel) January 13, 2020
Jennifer Lopez was snubbed from her first ever Oscar nomination so others could be recognized for playing the same basic white women characters 🤬🤦🏻♂️ pic.twitter.com/feVq2UFYxA
— Ron Rubin (@ronaldrubin) January 13, 2020
No offense, Kathy Bates. But Chris has a point.
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Jennifer Lopez being snubbed has me all like pic.twitter.com/g8DIXK04oh
— Matt Neglia @Telluride (@NextBestPicture) January 13, 2020
While we’re at it, we need to ask, where is Greta Gerwig on the Best Director list? Where is Golden Globe-winner Awkwafina? Where is Academy Award-winner Lupita Nyong’o?
Snubbed, snubbed, and more snubbed.
https://twitter.com/udfredirect/status/1216717417549893632
No Jennifer Lopez for Best Supporting Actress. No Taron Egerton for Best Actor. No Greta Gerwig for Best Directing. #OscarNoms pic.twitter.com/OycGZjbPpt
— Julius Bridgeforth (@jbridge4th) January 13, 2020
no awkwafina, no jennifer lopez, no taron, no knives out and no frozen 2 pic.twitter.com/SBKCcj5wlP
— pudge (@tomshollands) January 13, 2020
We’re just…we’re going to…we just need some time.
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Again, we’re not surprised in the least. Of course, every year, we want to believe that the Academy has finally gotten the picture that diversity, uniqueness, and originality is the way of the future. But we suppose that awakening has not yet happened.
The lack of J.Lo and other badass actresses on this nominations list only means one thing: J.Lo needs to be cast in every film this year to make sure she finally gets the Oscar she deserves.
