SpaceX CEO Elon Musk snubbed the Oscars in a sequence of posts.

The most important leisure night time of the year- the 96th Academy Awards passed off on March 11, 2024. The star-studded occasion noticed a few of the largest names within the movie business come collectively to have a good time cinema. Oppenheimer triumphed profitable seven of the 13 Oscars it was nominated for. Amid this, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk snubbed the Oscars in a sequence of remarks over the weekend. In one in all his posts on X (previously Twitter), he in contrast receiving an Oscar to profitable “the woke contest.”

“Successful an Oscar now simply means you gained the woke contest,” he mentioned on the microblogging platform. “Guess I used to be flawed,” he wrote in a subsequent put up. 

Successful an Oscar now simply means you gained the woke contest

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 10, 2024

In one other put up, he mentioned, “When an award is diluted, everybody is aware of, together with those that acquired it, and it not instructions respect.”

In accordance with the Cambridge Dictionary, the time period “woke” means “conscious, particularly of social issues similar to racism and inequality.” Nonetheless, Mr Musk has beforehand said that “wokeness” seeks to make “comedy unlawful.”

Since being shared, the put up has amassed 27 million views and over two lakh likes on the platform.

Vivek Ramaswamy commented on the put up and mentioned, “American Historical past X is an all-time basic that would not even earn a nomination if it have been made right this moment.”

A person mentioned, “Feels like somebody did not get invited to the cool events this 12 months.”

“Not defending Hollywood, simply shaming anybody who feels threatened by ‘wokeness’.” added an individual.

“Most watched documentary of the 12 months and nil likelihood they’d ever take into account a nomination for our documentary as a result of we aren’t woke,” one person said.

A person wrote, “You can purchase the Oscars and make them horrible most likely cheaper than twitter.”

“Oppenheimer is woke? Dude, what are you on about,” wrote an individual.

An X person added, “You assume if Oppenheimer wins it is as a result of it is woke?”

“Sorry, disagree right here. Whereas there’s a stigma of wokeness and liberalism, lots of people work on a film. Have a good time them and their efforts,” mentioned a person.