One of the vital embarrassing moments in Academy Awards historical past was the La La Land/Moonlight Finest Image mixup in the course of the 2017 ceremony. Now, in keeping with Sarah Polley’s 11-year-old daughter, on April Idiot’s Day, one other mixup like that one has tragically occurred, and it includes her mother’s Oscar for Ladies Speaking. So the teenager took it upon herself to tell her mom concerning the information in probably the most hilariously savage, well-written April Idiot’s Day prank, possibly ever.
Final month, Sarah Polley received an Oscar for Finest Tailored Screenplay for Ladies Speaking. This was such an thrilling second for everybody, particularly contemplating the film was snubbed in lots of different classes this yr. Nevertheless, in keeping with Sarah Polley’s daughter (or David Rubin because the letter is “signed”), this was all a mistake, and in reality, Netflix’s All Quiet on the Western Entrance was imagined to win the sought-after writing award. The letter goes on to checklist off the assorted explanation why Polley must return her gold statue, and it’s genuinely hilarious. The Ladies Speaking author posted the notice she acquired from the model of The Academy that’s run by her younger youngster to Instagram for the world to see:
Your complete letter is hysterical, nevertheless, one of many highlights is for certain this run-on sentence about why Polley is barely now studying about how she mustn’t have been among the many 2023 Oscar Winners:
…we should always have informed you once we realized it, on the evening on which the Oscar was given, however you could perceive that we didn’t need one other ‘Yr of the Moonlight,’ and we additionally didn’t need to get throughout your native information because the residents of Toronto would in all probability be fairly irritated, and we don’t want this information getting out.
She makes level, I might additionally assume The Academy would not need one other “Yr of the Moonlight.”
I additionally loved the self-awareness of the letter, because it famous the truth that Polley recieved it on April Idiot’s Day. The meta nature of the notice had me laughing out loud, and I really like that the 11-year-old felt the necessity to acknowledge the “merciless” nature of the date the letter was despatched, and was decided to guarantee her mom “that this isn’t a joke.”
This humorous prank performed on Polley shouldn’t be solely well-written (for a kid) however extraordinarily intelligent, similar to her. The witty nature of the notice jogged my memory a number of the actress-turned-director’s numerous acceptance speeches from this yr, together with her Oscars speech, in addition to her goofy submit on nomination day about her low Oscars expectations. I’d say the director’s 11-year-old acquired each her mother’s humorousness and writing skills. Many different celebs acknowledged how well-written the notice was for a sixth grader too, and stated Polley might need a comedy author on their arms. Ted Lasso star Brett Goldstein even retweeted the letter, saying he’d take into account the infant for a job:
Would settle for this as a writing pattern. https://t.co/voCsuFlcc1April 1, 2023
I for one would agree with the Shrinking co-creator, it looks like this little girl might need a future as a comedy author. Nevertheless, she’s solely 11, so it’ll be a minute earlier than we see her credit on TV. So, for now, we will all get pleasure from this witty, and savage letter she wrote to her mom about why she must return her Oscar.
