WASHINGTON – Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech has been slammed for failing to address the biggest issue facing the country – Christopher Nolan’s snub for Best Director Oscar nomination.
The President, who spoke for 61 minutes before a joint session of Congress, angered many by offering no mention at any stage during the night of how he planned to tackle the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences continued failure to credit the acclaimed director for his work in blockbuster hit Inception.
Missed opportunity
The failure to offer a solution has left Conservative opposition fuming and during the event, Republican Michele Bachmann could be seen saying to her seatmate, representative Jean Schmidt: “He’s absolutely shameless,” once it was clear president Obama would not be addressing the snub.
Glenn Beck added to the negative reaction, accusing the president of trying to brush away the snub “like Hitler’s regime tried to brush away the Jews…not that I’m saying Barack Obama is Hitler.”
Post speech analysis proved that Mr Obama’s omission of the slight disappointed that he choose to instead discuss debt, education and pushing the country into a competitive position for the future.
Worst speech ever
The level of anger has forced Mr Obama to acknowledge his omission, later admitting that Christopher Nolan should have been nominated.
He also paid special tribute to James Franco for overcoming ‘great adversity’, appearing in Spiderman 3 to “not only gain credible work again, but be nominated for a Oscar. Amazing.”
The mention appears to have come too late for some however.
“Did Obama drop the ball with that speech? Oh absolutely,” said CNN contributor Roland Martin. “He didn’t say one word about the Oscar nominations, not one. This was his chance to really get to heart of why the Academy refuses to acknowledge Christopher Nolan’s directorial ability, and he blew it. “
“I’m afraid it just goes to show how out of touch he is with the common man’s Oscar pick for best director.”
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