{"id":1352635,"date":"2022-03-01T13:37:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T18:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1352635"},"modified":"2022-03-01T13:37:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T18:37:49","slug":"samuel-l-jackson-blasts-the-oscars-black-actors-usually-win-for-doing-despicable-st-on-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/samuel-l-jackson-blasts-the-oscars-black-actors-usually-win-for-doing-despicable-st-on-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"Samuel L. Jackson Blasts the Oscars: Black Actors Usually &#039;Win for Doing Despicable S**t on Screen&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsamuel-l-jackson-blasts-the-oscars-black-actors-usually-win-for-doing-despicable-st-on-screen%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1352635&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Samuel L. Jackson is still sore that his performance in Spike Lee\u2019s <em>Jungle Fever<\/em> (1991) didn\u2019t earn him an Oscar nomination. So he is lashing out at the Academy, accusing it of denigrating black actors by giving them Oscars for \u201cdoing despicable shit on screen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/samuel-l-jackson-oscars-dont-move-the-comma-on-your-cheque-lb730g5kb\">interview<\/a> with Britains\u2019 <em>Sunday Times<\/em>, the actor cited Denzel Washington\u2019s Oscar-winning performance in <em>Training Day<\/em> as evidence, saying the Academy preferred Washington playing a psychopathic bad guy over more uplifting roles, like <em>Malcolm X<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_20063594\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Denzel-Washington-and-Ethan-Hawke-in-Training-Day.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20063594\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Denzel-Washington-and-Ethan-Hawke-in-Training-Day.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke in Training Day. Warner Bros.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jackson\u00a0still harbors a grudge that\u00a0Harvey Keitel and Ben Kingsley received supporting actor nominations for <em>Bugsy<\/em> while the Academy ignored his performance in <em>Jungle Fever<\/em>\u00a0in the same year.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>***Language Warning***\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n[embedded content]\n<p>\u201cMy wife and I went to see <em>Bugsy<\/em>,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/samuel-l-jackson-n-word-joe-rogan-django-unchained-175226542.html\">told<\/a> the <em>Times<\/em>. \u201cDamn! They got nominated and I didn\u2019t? I guess black folk usually win for doing despicable shit on screen. Like Denzel [Washington] for being a horrible cop in <em>Training Day.<\/em> All the great stuff he did in uplifting roles like <em>Malcolm X<\/em>? No \u2014 we\u2019ll give it to this motherfucker. So maybe I should have won one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut Oscars don\u2019t move the comma on your check \u2014 it\u2019s about getting asses in seats and I\u2019ve done a good job of doing that,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>Jungle Fever,<\/em> Samuel L. Jackson played a vicious crack addict named Gator who terrorizes his own family members in a bid to feed his addiction. His performance won an acting award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1991.<\/p>\n<p>The actor\u2019s harsh words for the Academy come as he is about to receive an honorary Oscar for his entire career. His only Oscar nomination to date was for <em>Pulp Fiction<\/em> (1994), which he lost to Martin Landau in <em>Ed Wood<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In the same <em>Times<\/em> interview, Jackson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/02\/28\/samuel-l-jackson-slams-joe-rogan-over-n-word-but-defends-pal-quentin-tarantino\/\">slammed<\/a> podcaster Joe Rogan for his past use of of the n-word. But the actor defended his frequent collaborator Quentin Tarantino for his abundant use of the word in movies including <em>Pulp Fiction<\/em> and <em>Django Unchained<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Follow David Ng on Twitter\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeyItsDavidNg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@HeyItsDavidNg<\/a>. Have a tip? Contact me at\u00a0<a class=\"c-link x5l\" href=\"mailto:dng@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">dng@breitbart.com<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samuel L. Jackson is still sore that his performance in Spike Lee\u2019s Jungle Fever (1991) didn\u2019t earn him an Oscar nomination. 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