Why Carrie Fisher Was Thanked in Green Book's Best Picture Oscar Speech

The Academy guarantee arguing by awardingGreen Bookthe Oscar for Best Picture , but the filmmakers select to give the late Carrie Fisher a special commitment in their banker’s acceptance speech has broadcast plenty of pundits and viewers into further frenzy online .

Before anyone gain the assumption that director Peter Farrelly or manufacturer Charles Wessler implied or suggested some form ofapprovalof their racially - chargedGreen Bookon Fisher ’s part , the answer is a spate less volatile - although we doubt that ’s pass to convert those who take umbrage at seeing the lateStar Warsstar connect to praisingGreen Bookand its controversies in any agency at all .

But the dedication which makes a tidy sum of sentiency once you actualize that Wessler have one of his first movie industry jobs as a production help onThe Empire Strikes Back , withReturn of the Jedinot long after . Although Wessler and Fisher ’s careers did n’t overlap much beyond those picture , a brief search online shows that Wessler and Fisher appeared favorable together well into the 2010s . And the same sound for his longtime directing spouse Peter Farrelly , regularly accompanied by Fisher at more than one of his red carpeting walks for his comedies likeHall Pass , andDumb & Dumber To .

As for the profits itself , we ’ve already explainedwhyGreen Bookwinning Best Picture is n’t a surprisal , having previouslyearned the Producers Guild Award for Best Picture , and being point specifically at demographic into which many Academy voters now come . The dust is n’t likely to settle in the coming days , but at least those curious now know thatGreen Book ’s filmmakers were n’t making their tribute in the specific linguistic context of their plastic film , but as a dedication to a sprightliness farseeing champion .

To see who else left the show with statue in handwriting , be sure to check outour full list of Oscar nominees and winnersin each category .