Top 10 Reasons Kathleen Kennedy Deserves An Honorary Academy Award
It’s been a rough week for haters of Disney Star Wars. Not only has The Last Jedi become the best selling Blu-ray of 2018, but now comes word that Enemy #1 will be honored with a special Academy Award. That’s right, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy is going to receive the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award — a reward for “creative” producers whose films are consistently of high quality.
Kennedy will become the first woman to ever win the honorary Oscar; her husband Frank Marshall will also take one home, but he’ll be the 40th white male to nab the honor, so no one really cares. With her Oscar win, Kennedy is set to join the ranks of buddies Steven Spielberg and Star Wars creator George Lucas, who’ve both won the Thalberg Memorial Award over the years.
“BUT WHY?!?!”
Well, even if you overlook the fact that Kennedy has produced some of Western cinema’s most iconic films, including E.T., Jurassic Park, and the Indiana Jones franchise, she also managed to earn $4.6 BILLION for her work on the Star Wars sequel trilogy, which doesn’t even count the upcoming finale of the saga.
However, if your hate for Disney Star Wars is so strong that you feel none of those accomplishments warrant an honorary award, we understand. That’s why we’ve compiled a list of more substantive rational you’re sure to agree with. Without further ado, enjoy the Top 10 Reasons Kathleen Kennedy Deserves An Honorary Academy Award.
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Top 10 Reasons Kathleen Kennedy Deserves An Honorary Academy Award
10. Produced enough fanboy tears to put out all of California’s wild fires
09. Drove the biggest film franchise of all time into the ground — and somehow survived
08. She won’t retire otherwise
07. Disney paid for The Most Popular Film Award but it was canceled so there’s this
06. Rick McCallum already said ‘No thanks, the ceremony is just not dense enough’
05. The Academy thinks her first appearance in months will break the internet
04. Cured China of Star Wars fever forever
03. Managed to successfully work with manchildren for over 30 years
02. Because the Force — and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences — is female
01. Blazed a trail for other white women to only hire white male writers and directors men
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