While most of the controversy over this year's BAFTA awards (seen in the U.S. on BritBox) was another instance of #BAFTASoWhite when it came to the winners, 69-year-old Phil Davis, an actor with several notable credits but nothing that stands out, sent an angry tweet stating that because of host RIchard E. Grant making his entrance in the Batmobile, the recorded telecast (only the four major categories were presented live) edited the acceptance speeches for backstage what Davis called "non-interviews" conducted by co-host Alison Hammond, a former UK version of "Big Brother" contestant, and leaving veteran comic actor Bernard Cribbins (best known by contemporary audiences for his appearances on "Doctor Who") out of the necrology, he was dropping his BAFTA membership. Whippy dippy:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bafta-awards-resign-phil-davis-doctor-who-1235332335/ BAFTA's response was that Mr. Cribbins, considered more a television star than a movie star, would be in the necrology at the television awards in May. It should be pointed out that Davis spelled Mr. Cribbins' name as "Cribbens." And could it possibly be that Davis' objections to Hammond, who he did not bother to mention by name, could be because she's Black? And did he have any objections to white radio DJ Edith Bowman's butt-kissing interviews on past BAFTA telecasts? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/c1ffd2aa-521f-46fb-8a4c-42ad43867848n%40googlegroups.com.
