EXCLUSIVE: Patricia Arquette Calls Alexis' Oscars 'In Memoriam' Snub 'a Real Slight to the Trans Com

[Ken Burch]

Source: MSN

Patricia Arquette was disappointed to find that her sister, Alexis, was not recognized in the In Memoriam portion of the 89th Academy Awards.

The Oscar-winning actress spoke with ET's Carly Steel at Vanity Fair's Oscars after-party on Sunday night about Alexis -- who died on Sept. 11 at 47-- being snubbed at the awards show. "Alexis was a great actor, and had 70 credits, and was really brave to live her truth as a trans woman, and they didn't include her in the memorial," Patricia said of her sibling. "I think that was a real slight to the trans community, especially at this time, when trans kids can't even go to the bathroom in the United States of America at school. It says a lot about the lack of inclusion."
"Trans kids can really never look at anyone and see their heroes, and I think that was a big mistake," the 48-year-old actress continued.



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[sinkingfeeling]

1. Didn't they skip Alan Rickman as well?

[Chakaconcarne]

2. I didn't see a mention of Bill Paxton in that segment either

though they recognized him in another segment.

[Ken Burch]

6. His death was too close to the ceremony to re-edit the presentation, I think.

Jennifer Aniston paid tribute to him in her introduction to the In Memoriam.

[TexasBushwhacker]

26. And Jennifer was choking up while she spoke of him n/t

[Honeycombe8]

3. No. He was there. But they did skip David Bowie, who acted in several movies.

Bowie was a pretty good actor, believe it or not. He was not included.

[zonkers]

7. Bowie killed it as Warhol. Of course MWFTW was awesome. I liked Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence,too.

Never saw Labyrinth.

Thread hijack....

[CincyDem]

19. The Hunger...

Bowie, Sarandon, Denueve...say what you want about any of their politics...that was one hot f'ing movie and Bowie was masterful. There's a moment he realizes something ( I won't spoil it) where he goes through a facial emotional transformation...just amazing.

And hot...did I say hot ?

[Ken Burch]

8. Good catch.

Just as they excluded Michael Jackson the year he died.

[tavernier]

13. Bowie was honored last year.

He and Alan Rickman passed before the 2016 Oscars.

[Honeycombe8]

14. Oh. That explains that. Coulda sworn I saw Alan Rickman in last night's memorium.

Guess I'm remembering last year.

[tavernier]

17. They both died in January, days apart.

I was a fan of both so I was watching for them to be included last year.

[EllieBC]

10. They likely mentioned him last year as

he passed away BEFORE the 2016 Oscar's.

[tavernier]

11. He was recognized last year.

He passed before last year's Oscars.

[Honeycombe8]

4. Never heard of Alexis.

And I think it's ridiculous to accuse Hollywood, of all places, of discriminating against trans people.

[dbackjon]

9. Why? Hollywood is one of the most Gay and Trans phobic places around.

[Honeycombe8]

12. I think it's just the opposite. nt

[dbackjon]

41. Nope. LBGT actors are discriminated against

And storylines are often shallow or non-existent

[ToxMarz]

18. I think a more accurate depiction

Would be it's is more Gay and Trans phobic than it is reputed to be (as are most gay and Trans friendly locales). There are evil people everywhere.

[dsc]

20. yeah no discrimination at all

that is why we have more LGBT Senators (a whopping 1) than we have openly LGBT leading actors or actresses. The first movie with a LGBT plot to win best picture was Moonlight which won this year.

[Honeycombe8]

25. The Best Picture Oscar went to a movie about a gay person. Emmy - Transparent.

Best Actor Nominee - Benedict Cumberbatch for playing a closeted gay man in The Imitation Game, a true story.

Oscar nominee - Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl (trans)

The actor in The Crying Game

Ian McKellan, Gods and Monsters

Transamerica (trans)

Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal

Victor, Victoria - Robert Preston

Dallas Buyers Club - Jared Leto (great movie) (trans)

Brokeback Mountain

Kiss of the Spider Woman - William Hurt (Best Actor)

Tom Hanks, Philadelphia Story (Best Actor)

Boys Don't Cry - Hilary Swank (Best Actress)

Monster - Charlize Theron (Best Actress)

Sean Penn, Milk (Best Actor)

And others.

No way Hollywood discriminates against gays or trans people. Gays/trans people are a minority in our society, but they are certainly well represented and awarded in Hollywood.

[Crash2Parties]

31. The ones you marked (trans) were what is known as "transface"!

They were offensive to many actual trans people. Also, you forgot to mark Swank's Boys Don't Cry as (trans).

The issue is that when a director uses say, a non-trans man to play a trans woman or a non-trans woman to play a trans man. Especially when it's a known actor. It's like the director is saying to the audience, "you know who this really is, and it's not the sex/gender of the character".

But also, only portraying trans people as prostitutes, drug users, liars, deceivers, screw-ups, etc. is fundamentally offensive. More than that, it *harms* trans people when someone in the audience's only directly perceived notion of a trans person is that tragically flawed character.

[geek tragedy]

28. Hollywood has a bad history on this stuff--better than mainstream USA, but that's not saying much nt

[zonkers]

5. I feel Patricia but to be fair, Alexis was not really more than a lessor character actor.

[JenniferJuniper]

16. I've never heard of her.

Just googled her, and I'm pretty sure I've never noticed her before or after her transition.

So probably not a snub to anyone.

[LeftInTX]

21. Sometimes an actor is snubbed because they aren't a member of the motion picture academy

or something like that.

This guy got a snub. He was 102 years old and was a character actor in 365 movies/TV episodes.
Everyone who watches old movies or old TV shows knows this guy. He played the "pain in the ass" on a bunch I Love Lucy episodes. He died in 2007. His last film appearance was 1995. Some people were upset on IMDB when he got a snub.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lane_(actor)

[JenniferJuniper]

22. No one will be arguing on IMDb ever again...

It became too difficult to monitor the deplorables so the message boards have been permanently shut down.

[LeftInTX]

23. I noticed that too.

I used to like to read the message boards, usually for a particular movie, but agree there was a lot of nastiness.

[Crash2Parties]

32. forums can be *expensive* especially when they require mods.

[itsrobert]

35. They snubbed Don Knotts when he passed.

He starred in a few movies.

[FreeState]

24. The Oscars are Transphobic, this isn't the first time

https://mic.com/articles/136456/the-oscars-denied-trans-singer-antony-hegarty-a-chance-to-perform-in-favor-of-bigger-stars#.dPFot5c9z

"Onohni, a trans singer who previously performed under the name Antony Hegarty, became the second transgender singer to receive an Oscar nomination, for her song "Manta Ray," written in collaboration with composer J. Ralph for the documentary Racing Extinction. Yet, a nomination is all the history that will be made: Hegarty will not be appearing onstage at the Oscars on Sunday. Meanwhile, Dave Grohl, the god uncle of grunge, not even nominated for any music, will. "

[Crash2Parties]

33. Interestingly everything Wendy Carlos soundtracked was also snubbed

Even when she won Grammy's for the soundtracks.

[FreeState]

36. Sure but there's no pattern of discrimination as there is with Trans n/t

[Crash2Parties]

38. Sigh. Please google her.

She also worked w/ Robert Moog on the first electronic synthesizer & invented the vocoder among other achievements.

The Oscars owe her a lifetime achievement award for any movie that uses electronic synthesizers for the soundtrack or sound effects.

[FreeState]

45. Sigh?

Really? You don't even know me, can't we at least be kind?

[Crash2Parties]

46. I'm sorry. It's been a rough week. I should not have snapped at you.

Wendy Carlos is a trans woman.

[geek tragedy]

27. I've never heard of her until reading this article.

heard of Patricia.
heard of Rosanna
heard of David.

never head of Alexis or Richmond (the other two siblings per Wikipedia).

[meadowlander]

39. She was great in the Wedding Singer

But given how many celebs died last year, I think it's more likely an oversight than an intentional slight to the trans community.

[TexasBushwhacker]

30. I'm sorry for the Arquette family's loss

but Alexis was not well known as an actress, even with 70 credits. She was known as Patricia, Rosanna and David's trans sister. I looked at her credits and most aren't even supporting roles, they're bit parts, and mostly back in the 90s. Sad but true. I really doubt it was an intentional omission on the part of the Academy.

[Cha]

34. Well, I've heard of her.. too bad they didn't mention her.

They didn't include Farah Fawcett the year she passed.

Farrah Fawcett, Bea Arthur Snubbed in Oscar Tribute

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/entertainment/celebrity/Farrah-Fawcett-Bea-Arthur-Snubbed-in-Oscar-Tribute-86909662.html?amp=y

[Bayard]

37. Farrah Fawcett died?

Hum. Missed that.

Did they mention Prince?

[Blue_Adept]

44. They did mention Prince. They did not mention Bowie.

Which is unfortunate as while his film slate is small he deserved to be recognized for his overall contributions.

[Blazesweetie]

40. Prince was remembered but -

Yes they included Prince but for some reason failed to include George Michael.

[dbackjon]

42. Prince starred in a movie. Can't think of any film roles for George Michael.

[LeftinOH]

43. Holly Woodlawn was recognized in the segment last year-

-so there's that.