While leading the Grand Jury at the Berlin Film Festival, three-time Oscar winner, 16 Oscar nominee, and breathy international treasure, Meryl Streep was faced with a round of questions regarding the Oscar 2016 whitewash controversy, and the very (all white) panel she is presiding over.
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Ms. Streep, who is usually impervious to public outcry, is currently facing the heat for her seriously tone-deaf responses.
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On the topic of the white-on-rice jury, an Egyptian reporter asked Streep understood the films offered up from North Africa and the Arab-speaking region of the world, Meryl replied, "I've played a lot of different people from a lot of different cultures."
Oh!
Unfortunately, Streep elaborated:
"There is a core of humanity that travels right through every culture, and after all we're all from Africa originally. You know, we're all Berliners, we're all Africans really."
Girl.
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Meryl tried to backtrack by stating that regardless of racial variation, "at least women" were dominating the festival's jury.
True, but...not really the point.
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