The Oscars were long, serious and dull but the worst moment was Chadwick Boseman’s snub

It will go down in history as the worst Oscar ending since La La Land — I mean Moonlight — won the Academy Award for best film.

Everyone thought the very long (and dull) night would finish with a posthumous nod to Chadwick Boseman, whose death from colon cancer in August 2020 came as a great shock to the world.

Instead the Oscar for Best Actor was given to Anthony Hopkins, who did not accept the award in-person, for his dramatic performance as man with dementia in The Father.

Viewers had plenty of reasons to switch off before then, but let’s start with how it ended.

Best Picture change worsened Chadwick Boseman snub

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