Moonlight's Acceptance Speech - What He Wanted to Say

We’ve all seen that moment at the Oscar’s when La La Land was awarded the coveted Best Picture Award instead of Moonlight. And yes, what a disaster for all involved. Impossibly awkward for the La La Land team finding themselves wrongfully onstage and a complete anti-climax for what should have been the most incredible moment of the Moonlight team’s lives.

Anyway, PwC have apologised and one would assume a number of people have been fired and probably sent off to a remote country somewhere never to be seen again.

And, finally, Moonlight director Barry Jenkins has revealed what he would have liked to say on the night had things gone slightly more swimmingly. You can read his acceptance speech below:

“[Moonlight playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney] and I are this kid. We are Chiron. And you don’t think that kid grows up to be nominated for eight Academy Awards. It’s not a dream he’s allowed to have. I still feel that way. I didn’t think this was possible. But now I look at other people looking at me and if I didn’t think it was possible, how are they going to? But now it’s happened. So what I think of possibility, let’s take it off the table. The thing has happened.”

So, the overriding feeling? Surprise, shock, unexpected delight. Now that’s what we should have seen on the night, not a highly uncomfortable “this is not a joke” speech from La La Land producer Jordan Horowitz.

Oh well, there’s always next time.