{"id":1404291,"date":"2022-03-28T08:46:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T12:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1404291"},"modified":"2022-03-28T08:46:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T12:46:53","slug":"oscars-slammed-after-totos-africa-plays-as-daniel-kaluuya-h-e-r-take-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oscars-slammed-after-totos-africa-plays-as-daniel-kaluuya-h-e-r-take-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscars Slammed After Toto\u2019s &#039;Africa&#039; Plays as Daniel Kaluuya, H.E.R. Take Stage"},"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\">24<\/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%2Foscars-slammed-after-totos-africa-plays-as-daniel-kaluuya-h-e-r-take-stage%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=1404291&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\">The producers behind the 94th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday night have drawn fire from critics who called it \u201cinsensitive\u201d to accompany two black presenters as they took the stage at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles with\u00a0Toto\u2019s \u201cAfrica.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Toto\u2019s \u201cAfrica\u201d played as British actor Daniel Kaluuya and singer H.E.R., both of whom claimed Oscars in 2021, strolled into the spotlights to present best supporting actress.<\/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<p>Some argued the 1982 song was a less than stellar choice to introduce two black presenters, the <em>Hollywood Reporter<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/oscars-toto-africa-daniel-kaluuya-h-e-r-1235119925\/\">pointed out<\/a> and others agreed on social media.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">AFRICA BY TOTO??? IN MY ACADEMY AWARDS????<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JIN, TAN, LAUNDRY (@JinySchwartz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JinySchwartz\/status\/1508237361410322435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ain\u2019t no way the Academy Awards had two black people come out to AFRICA BY TOTO <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Oscars?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Oscars<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Oscar?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Oscar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gabriel Kanae (@Dinok0618) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dinok0618\/status\/1508237481132507145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And the Oscar for \u201cAbsolute Worst Time to Play \u2018Africa\u2019 by Toto\u201d goes to\u2026 THE OSCARS.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brian Murray (@Murricane1014) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Murricane1014\/status\/1508239079749689348?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Who the hell picked \u201cAfrica\u201d as the song for Daniel and H.E.R. walking up, that seems like the easiest choice to not make <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Oscars?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Oscars<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Xandra (@xanschlechte) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/xanschlechte\/status\/1508238554689941516?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Uh\u2026.They played \u00ab\u00a0Africa\u00a0\u00bb by Toto as Daniel Kaluuya came on stage. The Oscars still got it!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Berube (@ChrisBerube) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisBerube\/status\/1508245702001905664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Next up Madonna\u2019s 1987 Latin-inspired \u201cLa Isla Bonita\u201d was played to introduce Latina actress Stephanie Beatriz (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), who herself was introducing the best song nominee from Encanto.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20413154\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1388074441.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20413154\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1388074441-1024x696-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"673\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Stephanie Beatriz speaks onstage during the 94th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 27, 2022 in Hollywood, California. (Neilson Barnard\/Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>That pick also left plenty questioning the choices.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And Vivir Mi Vida for the Encanto team!!!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8cFelPmUer\">pic.twitter.com\/8cFelPmUer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hilary Banks (@soniamariesays) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/soniamariesays\/status\/1508249236898566144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">so far they&#8217;ve introduced Daniel Kaluuya and H.E.R. with Toto&#8217;s &#8220;Africa&#8221; and Stephanie Beatriz with &#8220;La Isla Bonita,&#8221; honestly how the hell is this happening<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 rob sheffield (@robsheff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robsheff\/status\/1508248166570893313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After Africa and La Isla Bonita the Oscars are going to play Wang Chung when Youn Yuh-jung walks out aren\u2019t they.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Soo Youn (@lalasoo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lalasoo\/status\/1508247930733568002?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite the headwinds produced by the music choices, nothing distracted from Will Smith \u2014 who took best actor honors for playing Venus and Serena\u2019s father Richard Williams in the tennis biopic <em>King Richard<\/em> \u2014 who stormed the stage and slapped comedian Chris Rock after the presenter cracked a joke at the expense of Jada Pinkett Smith, the actor\u2019s wife.<\/p>\n<p>As Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/live\/94th-academy-awards-livewire\/\">reported<\/a>, that single action was for most the single talking point of the Oscars evening \u2013 contrived or not.<\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The producers behind the 94th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday night have drawn fire from critics who called it \u201cinsensitive\u201d to accompany two black presenters as they took the stage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1404291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1404291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/82"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1404291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1404291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1404291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1404291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1404291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}