As anticipated, politics played a significant part in Jimmy Kimmel's opening monologue at the 2017 Academy Awards.
Kimmel began off the night on a serious note, urging every person watching the telecast to "reach out to 1 person you disagree with and a have a positive conversation."
He stated that is what could "make America excellent once again."
He later joked about subjects like Homeland Safety, alluding to President Trump's immigration ban from earlier this year and touched on Trump's "overrated" tweet about Meryl Streep, stemming from her speech this year at the Golden Globe Awards.
Kimmel joked about the 20-time Oscar nominee's "mediocre early operate" and "underwhelming" performances, adding that she's "phoned it in for more than 50 films."
Then he produced Streep get up for an "undeserved" standing ovation from the audience.
Soon after a industrial break, Kimmel brought up the current ban of particular news organizations from an off-camera White Residence briefing last Friday.
"CNN, LA or NY Occasions ... please leave the creating, we have no tolerance for fake news," he joked, adding that other "fake" items had been permitted.
The political theme continued as the speeches began, beginning with the Italian winners of the Oscar for very best makeup and hairstyling. "I am an immigrant," one of the winners declared, dedicating his Oscar to other immigrants and drawing a round of applause from the audience.
That was followed by the winner of the most effective documentary function. Producer and director Ezra Edelman accepted his award on behalf of victims of police violence, police brutality and criminal injustice. "This is their story as well as Ron's and Nicole’s," he said, referring to murder victims Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown.
Politics at the Oscars dates back to 1973, when Marlon Brando sent Native American activist Sacheen Littlefeather to accept his very best actor Oscar for "The Godfather." Brando was protesting the therapy of Native Americans. Littlefeather's look was met with boos and a smattering of applause. Similarly, folks have grumbled more than the years as Sean Penn castigated these who voted for the ban on gay marriage in California and Michael Moore shamed President Bush for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
But that flipped this year with the election of Trump.
Politics were present even ahead of the get started of the broadcast, when stars turned up on the red carpet wearing blue ribbons in help of the American Civil Liberties Union. "Loving" star Ruth Negga, Lin-Manuel Miranda and his mother and model Karlie Kloss were amongst the begins wearing the ribbons.
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