The director of “The Big Short” took the opportunity Sunday night after scoring an Academy Award win for best adapted screenplay to make a plea for campaign finance reform.
“We’ve got to stop the money,” said first-time Oscar nominee Adam McKay, who shared the screenwriting honor with co-writer Charles Randolph. “When you elect people who get money from big oil and banks, that’s who you’re voting for.”
McKay, who was also nominated for directing “The Big Short,” said the film about the subprime mortgage bubble that triggered the 2008 economic collapse struck a chord with both liberals and conservatives.
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“The amazing thing about this movie has been … we’ve seen Bill O’Reilly and Bernie Sanders (support it),” McKay said. “This is a right-left movie.”
The writer-director, until recently better known for teaming with Will Ferrell on comedies like “Anchorman” and “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,” also gave host Chris Rock a thumbs-up.
“I thought it was great,” McKay said of Rock’s opening monologue “jabbing at Hollywood,” adding that he thought it was funny and hit the right balance.
“I thought it was very even-handed.”
–City News Service