Twitter Reacts To The 2020 Oscar Nominations With Jokes & Memes

The most coveted honour in the film industry i.e. the 92nd Academy Awards, will take place on February 9 and the nominations are out. In a live stream yesterday, Issa Rae and John Cho revealed the nominees for the 2020 Oscars and Joker stole the show with 11 of them.

According to HuffPost, The Irishman, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and 1917 received 10 nominations each. However, just like the Golden Globes, the Academy was criticized for overlooking female directors and actors of colour.

#Joker leads all #OscarNoms with 11 nominations including Best Picture, Best Director for Todd Phillips, and Best Actor for Joaquin Phoenix. https://t.co/GfUQvtohhc pic.twitter.com/70Xp627Yto

— Rotten Tomatoes (@RottenTomatoes) January 13, 2020

Presenter Issa Rae’s reaction after announcing the names of the 5 men nominated in the Best Director category (Martin Scorsese, Todd Phillips, Sam Mendes, Quentin Tarantino, and Bong Joon-Ho) inspired memes online. According to TIME, her salty “Congratulations to those men,” had people talking about deserving women like Lulu Wang, Marielle Heller, Lorene Scafaria and Greta Gerwig.

i seem to be having an allergic reaction to the nominees

— David Sims (@davidlsims) January 13, 2020

“Congratulations to those men.” – Issa Rae introducing the Best Director category is a MOOD. #OscarNoms pic.twitter.com/ihxnw0E6VJ

— Kathleen Newman-Bremang (@KathleenNB) January 13, 2020

The Academy when it comes to Female Directors #Oscar2020 pic.twitter.com/eMuSU8pg1v

— Mia (@marielouise_82) January 13, 2020

Can you name a Directing nominee that had a baby AND wrote/directed a film this year? No? #OscarNoms

Well, you know who did? Greta motherfucking Gerwig. pic.twitter.com/pe95yHyHZ7

— Belinda Garcia (@bbcgarcia) January 13, 2020

👏 bring 👏 Natalie 👏 Portman 👏 back 👏 to 👏 do 👏 this 👏 again 👏#OscarNoms pic.twitter.com/pRxMScCWGC

— anna is actually cake (@hapasareasian) January 13, 2020

They really should change the rules and make it so that women are eligible in the Best Director category. Crazy that the rule is still "men only." It's 2020! Do the right thing, Academy — change the rule!

— Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) January 13, 2020

I'm surprised any women got nominated for Best Actress.

— Joe Berkowitz (@JoeBerkowitz) January 13, 2020

At this point I’m shocked that the Best Actress categories aren’t just full of men too #Oscars2020

— Patti Murin (@PattiMurin) January 13, 2020

Now presenting the Academy Award nominees for Best Director pic.twitter.com/OF2iEk3vcO

— Daniel Howat (@howatdk) January 13, 2020

Please, tell me more about how women don’t deserve awards for directing when those exact films get nominated in multiple categories including BEST PICTURE? #OscarNoms pic.twitter.com/homVpoNyLb

— Jada🖤 (@JabbyBab) January 14, 2020

#OscarsSoWhite also began trending as movie buffs called out the Academy for not recognizing the work of Black, Latinx and Asian actors like Awkwafina, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Lopez and Lupita Nyong’o.

no one:

the #OscarNoms : pic.twitter.com/coVo5suulC

— grey (@xianzigrey) January 13, 2020

When they ask 2 People of Color to read the #OscarNoms & it’s almost all white people. pic.twitter.com/80O6x2EyqB

— Hari Kondabolu (@harikondabolu) January 13, 2020

Was hoping I’d wake up and at least see some love for Lupita and Eddie. SMH #OscarNoms pic.twitter.com/dUTiQDowZu

— LaToya Morgan (@MorganicInk) January 13, 2020

the fact that lupita plays two characters masterfully in one movie and yet she got completely ignored by the academy. she deserves so much. #OscarNoms pic.twitter.com/Ow66ooA8n7

— ً (@grandechlmt) January 13, 2020

#Oscar2020 well done oscars pic.twitter.com/Mvn6Qck6vC

— bess (@bess_perl) January 13, 2020

And then there were MCU fans expressing their disappointment that Avengers: Endgame bagged a single nomination.

MCU Fans: Endgame will own #Oscars2020!

Oscars: Joker gets 11 nominations, Endgame gets 1

MCU Fans: pic.twitter.com/HQb3Stm0Xr

— Zack Byrne #ReleaseTheAyerCut (@SnyderSheriff) January 13, 2020

The other films that received a lot of Oscar love are Ford v Ferrari, Jojo Rabbit, Little Women, Marriage Story and Parasite. Did your favourite one make the cut?