Hasan Minhaj’s savage monologue sends gasps through Spirit Awards
LOS ANGELES — “Let’s dream big. This is our time to do it.”
In accepting the prize for best feature at Saturday’s Film Independent Spirit Awards, “Everything Everywhere All At Once” co-director Daniel Kwan exhorted the audience of filmmakers and industry professionals to take the uncertainty of the moment in the entertainment industry and make the most of it.
“Everything Everywhere,” written and directed by Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, swept the awards with a record-breaking 7 prizes, winning every category it was nominated in. The only award it did not win was for Jamie Lee Curtis, who lost for supporting performer to her co-star in the film, Ke Huy Quan.
Previously, three films, “Moonlight,” “Sideways” and “Pulp Fiction,” have each won six Spirit Awards.
Inside the awards tent beachside near the Santa Monica pier, tension oscillated throughout the afternoon between the earnestness and genuine emotions of the winners and a sense of despair and cynicism from presenters and host Hasan Minhaj.
“No one asked
