Michael B. Jordan and Jonathan Majors pay tribute to Angela Basset after she lost her Best Supporting Actress Oscar

The 2023 Oscar gala, as always, brought a queue. Of course, one of the most talked about things is the landslide victories for “All at Once Everywhere”, which won in seven of ten categories to which the film or its team had been nominated, leaving only the awards for Best Original Song, Best Original Score and Best Costume Design.

One of the categories in which she won, (and where she had two nominations), is that of best supporting actress, which gave a lot to talk about, but not for the victory of Jamie Lee Curtis, but by Angela Bassett’s reaction, who seemed to be very clear that she was going to be the winner. And it is that, while Kerry Condon, Stephanie Hsu and Hong Chau were delighted, or at least tried to hide their annoyance by politely applauding Curtis, Basset remained motionless and serious, watching the chance to win his first Oscar slip away.

Angela Bassett’s reaction to calling Jamie Lee Curtis’ name… you can tell how much that Oscar would have meant to her. she is, was and always will be amazing. I better see her on that stage SOON pic.twitter.com/oHDfuDUksG

? Spencer Althouse (@SpencerAlthouse) March 13, 2023

“Angela Bassett’s reaction when Jamie Lee Curtis was nominated. You can see what that Oscar would have meant to her. She is and always will be amazing. We better see her on that stage soon.”

But Basset wasn’t the only one surprised not to win, Michael B. Jordan and Jonathan Majors, his first partner in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”, in charge of presenting the award for best cinematography, praised Basset as he took the stage, saying before starting his speech: “Hi aunt, we love you”. That “hello aunt” It is clearly directed at Basset, as it is the phrase Jordan himself utters in the film when he enters the throne room and thus greets Queen Ramonda.

Michael B. Jordan and Jonathan Majors praise Angela Bassett after her supporting actress #Oscars loss: “Hello, aunt. We love you.” https://t.co/ndiKiHfmID pic.twitter.com/5YwcBzWM1Q

? Variety (@Variety) March 13, 2023

It’s understandable how upsetting it can be to not win an award you’re nominated for, and this year, when Basset seemed to be particularly excited about what his character meant, it might have hurt him more. As she points out to ComicBook, when she found out she was nominated, the actress wrote in an interview that she: “Ramonda is a love letter that reflects and acknowledges what women do every day. There was a lot of work to be done as an actress, because it’s a brilliant story, accompanied by talent both in front of and behind the cameras.”adding that he was looking forward to March 12th “we encourage and celebrate each other”.

Inclusion or lack of representation?

Angela Basset was not only nominated for Best Supporting Actress, she was also the only black candidate for this year’s awards. We already know the controversy that this has brought during all these weeks, but the fact that there is no winner or a black winner has bothered many.

An Asian-dominated gala replaced the 2022 gala, one of its most inclusive, as it also presented an award to the first openly LGTBIQ+ actress, (Ariana DeBose), and the first deaf actor, (Troy Kotsur). In a certain sense, and without detracting from the winners, we begin to think so every year the Academy tries to make an effort of inclusion by focusing on one group, but forgetting the rest, as if that were enoughfollowing this trend we ask ourselves, who will it be next year?