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After The “Godzilla Minus One” Director Struggled To Deliver His Oscar Acceptance Speech In English, The Academy Played Him Off Just As He Started To Pay Tribute To A Producer Who Recently Died


The dreaded play-off music kicked in just as Takashi Yamazaki started to pay poignant tribute to the movie’s producer, who died in December, with one furious viewer tweeting: “They put in the effort to translate their speech for you, and you play them off???”

Twitter / Via Twitter: @MATTCHIOS While somebody else referenced the inappropriate timing of the music, writing: “I don't like how they started to play the godzilla crew off when they were talking about the producer who passed.” And another annoyed viewer concluded: “Don’t fucking play the Godzilla guys off. It’s hard to speak a different fucking language quickly.”

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