The takedown of this critic’s dismissal of Get Out deserves an Oscar all of its own
So Get Out didn’t win the best picture Oscar but it did pick up the Academy award for best original screen and people were delighted.
Well, most people were. Not this guy though.
Get Out is a Saturday Night Live sketch. You could do the whole thing in 8 minutes.
— Kyle Smith (@rkylesmith) March 5, 2018
Kyle Smith is a critic on The National, a ‘semi-monthly conservative editorial magazine [that] has played a significant role in the development of conservatism in the United States [and] establishing itself as a leading voice on the American right’.
Here’s how people replied, worthy of an Oscar all by themselves.
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[pulls out magnifying glass]
I’m noticing a pattern pic.twitter.com/qIlYnww5OR
— Astead (@AsteadWesley) March 5, 2018
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I’m literally just searching movies w/ black ppl and having a 100% accuracy rate lol pic.twitter.com/JrNvfVksvM
— Astead (@AsteadWesley) March 5, 2018
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— Rev. R. E. Zed (@postordinary) March 5, 2018
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— Rev. R. E. Zed (@postordinary) March 5, 2018
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When he isn’t imposing discredited beliefs upon movies, Kyle Smith is also, unfortunately, sometimes allowed to write about other things too. pic.twitter.com/Fnfuu2uEG7
— josh drimmer (@JDrimmer5000) March 5, 2018
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He looks exactly like I expected.
— Michael Cunningham (@MCunninghamAJC) March 5, 2018
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You don’t need a magnifying glass. Helen Keller saw this and told Stevie Wonder about it.
— (@000hmbreee) March 5, 2018
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Okay. By all means, make a movie as poignant, nuanced, uncomfortable and entertaining in 8 minutes. Audiences loved this thing.
Perhaps you might be missing something.
— Christopher Wade (@CWadeTheSequel) March 5, 2018