Chadwick Boseman Oscars NFT Draws Criticisms: Memes, Angry Reactions and Redesign Decision
Andre Oshea, who designed the NFT art to honor the late Chadwick Boseman, is under fire as many netizens exposed him to be a fake artist and accused him of stealing the idea from another artist.
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Andre Oshea, who designed the NFT art to honor the late Chadwick Boseman in the Oscars, is under fire after several netizens accused him of stealing the idea for artwork.
Moroever, in light of the controversy, the NFT designer stated that he would be redesigning the Chadwick Boseman NFT art. Unfortunately, Twitter continues to buzz regarding the Academy Awards choice to honor Boseman with an NFT.
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If there’s one thing the Oscars are known for, it’s memorials. In addition to the speedy and controversial-as-always In Memoriam segment this year, the Oscar celebration got a little crazy with their tribute to nominee Chadwick Boseman. No, they didn’t do that tired cliché of the posthumous Oscar. Could you imagine? How insensitive. How bizarre. How utterly macabre and disrespectful. Don’t worry; they simply turned a golden illustration of the beloved
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and
Black Panther star into an NFT to be auctioned off for a million dollars.
When Hopkins name was announced, many on social media expressed shock and outrage at what they considered to be manipulation by the Oscars organizers. In reality, it might be poor planning and proof that organizers don t know who s going to win before the envelope is opened. Putting a Chadwick Boseman NFT in the gift bag, as well as restructuring the traditional order of the ceremony so to end on Best Actor, seemingly to have a moment for Chadwick, all reeks of the Academy trying to capitalise on a tragedy in order to get ratings, @harrietnking tweeted.
Another viewer, @DylanTucson, expressed overall frustration with Boseman not receiving an Oscar. Creating a Chadwick Boseman NFT and not even giving him a posthumous Oscar is the best example of everything wrong today.
Anthony Hopkins Win Was the Biggest Anticlimax in Oscars History
On 4/26/21 at 4:37 AM EDT
Sir Anthony Hopkins Best Actor win at this year s Academy Awards proved anticlimactic when the Welsh actor did not show up to accept his award, ending the show on an abrupt note. The announcement also led to controversy, as disappointed viewers accused the Academy of baiting expectations of a posthumous win for late actor Chadwick Boseman.
Hopkins won the Oscar for his role as an English man struggling with dementia in
The Father, beating out Boseman in
Ma Rainey s Black Bottom, Riz Ahmed in
Sound of Metal, Gary Oldman in