The Maker of the movie that won the Best Foreign Film ( which came from Iran ), was not there to receive the award but prepared an acceptance speech read by a proxy attacking Trump’s policy of temporarily banning refugees and visa applicants from 7 countries ( including his native Iran ).
LOUD APPLAUSE of course.
The selection of Iran is a great example of how the voters in the academy select topical and liberal causes. This is a dig at Trump and support of Obama letting Iran build a bomb and giving them the money to pay for it. My feeling is the guy didn’t show because they probably are holding him in Jail.