Patricia Arquette took home the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 87th Oscars for her work in Boyhood last night.
She also took the opportunity to make a statement on equal pay for women in America:
"To every woman who gave birth to every citizen and taxpayer of this nation, we have fought for everybody else's equal rights," she said. "It's our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights for women in the United States of America."
Meryl Streep leapt out of her chair at these words, shouting and pumping her hands in support. Jennifer Lopez followed suit.
The room erupted with applause as Arquette then thanked her co-stars and left the stage.
But Patricia wasn't finished there. The first-time Oscar winner had more to say to reporters after the show,
It's time for women. Equal means equal. The truth is the older women get, the less money they make. The highest percentage of children living in poverty are in female-headed households. It's inexcusable that we go around the world and we talk about equal rights for women in other countries and we don't.
One of those superior court justices said two years ago in a law speech at a university that we don't have equal rights for women in America and we don't because when they wrote Constitution, they didn't intend it for women. So the truth is even though we sort of feel like we have equal rights in America right under the surface there are huge issues at play that really do affect women.
It's time for all the women in America, and all the men that love women and all the gay people and all the people of color that we've all fought for to fight for us now.
Arquette has officially called "all the gay people and all the people of color that we've all fought for to fight for us now." And in so doing, she's likened the struggle of women to the civil rights issues of other minorities in the US.
The audience enjoyed Arquette's remarks, and seemed to enjoy the opportunity to take a progressive stand on a subject. Especially since a little later, Sean Penn's racist joke would land flat and find him in hot water.
Not to mention the fact that the the Academy snubbed Selma, along with just about every actor/actress of color out there.
Latinos were well represented in the winner's circle last night as well, but Arquette's speech should be considered the much-needed soapbox moment of an other wise tame night.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage my very dear friend, Glom Gazingo," quipped, to which John Travolta replied (as he creepily touched her face): "I deserved that. But you, you my darling, my beautiful, my wickedly talented, Idina Menzel. Is that right?"
"Call your mom, everybody. I've told this to like a billion people or so, call your mom, call your dad. If you're lucky enough to have a parent or two alive on this planet, call them. Don't text, don't email, call them on the phone, tell them you love them and thank them and listen to them for as long as they want to talk to you. Thank you, Mom and Dad."
"How did I get here? We made a film â€" black-and-white â€" about the need for silence and withdrawal from the world and contemplation, and here we are, at this epicenter of noise and world attention. Fantastic! Life is full of surprises."
"To every woman who gave birth, to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have fought for everybody else's equal rights. It's our time to have wage equality once and for all, and equal rights for women in the United States of America."
"Recently John and I got to go to Selma, and perform 'Glory' on the same bridge that Dr. King and the people of the Civil Rights movement marched on 50 years ago. This bridge was once a landmark of a divided nation but now it's the symbol for change. The spirit of this bridge transcends race, religion, sexual orientation and social status."
"When I was 16 years old, I tried to kill myself because I felt weird, and I felt different and I felt like I did not belong â€" and now I'm standing here. And so I would like for this moment to be for that kid out there who feels like she's weird or she's different, or she doesn't fit in anywhere â€" yes, you do. I promise you do. Stay weird, stay different, and then when it's your turn, and you are standing on this stage, please pass the same message to the next person who comes along."
"This belongs to all of those people around the world battling ALS. It belongs to one exceptional family: Stephen, Jane, Jonathan and the Hawking children. And I will be its custodian and I will promise you I will look after him."
"I read an article that said that winning an Oscar could lead to living five years longer. If that's true, I'd really like to thank the Academy because my husband is younger than me."
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