‘This isn’t simply racism’: Jada Pinkett Smith hits out Girls’ Trip Golden Globes snub on Twitter

The actress said that the Hollywood Foreign Press failed to even watch the film 
Hitting out: Jada Pinkett Smith has hit out at the Girls Trip snub
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Jennifer Ruby13 December 2017
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Jada Pinkett Smith has hit out at the Hollywood Foreign Press after her film Girls’ Trip failed to get any Golden Globe nominations.

The actress claimed that the judging panel had failed to even watch the raucous comedy, which was a box office hit on both sides of the Atlantic.

In a series of tweets, Pinkett-Smith said that she didn’t want to define the exclusion of the film “as simply… racism” but wanted there to be a “discussion of an antiquated system.”

“I have so much to say on why @TiffanyHaddish was not nominated for a Globe...but I won't,” the actress started by saying on Tuesday, before adding: “Actually I will… here we go…”

Speaking frankly about the issue, she said: “I'm not upset about @TiffanyHaddish or @GirlsTripMovie not getting a nom...I'm discouraged about the fact that the Hollywood Foreign Press/@goldenglobes wouldn't even WATCH the movie.

“Girls Trip was one of the most successful films this summer & Tiff was hands down the funniest person on screen in 2017 and we couldn't get eyes on the film or a press conference.”

She continued: “How could a nom happen & how much more critical acclaim must a movie have to simply get a screening? But yet...Tiff has been asked to present at their ceremony.”

Pinkett-Smith, who was a vocal participant in the ‘#OscarsSoWhite’ campaign back in 2015, went on to say that the film’s snub threw up issues that needed to be openly discussed.

“This isn't about shaming, this is about the need for discussion of an antiquated system. And I dare not invalidate all the many journalist and people from all walks of life who have supported this movie by defining the issue as simply...racism,” she said.

"Hollywood has systems in place that must learn to expand its concepts of race, gender equality and inclusion in regard to its perceptions of art across the board."

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