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Sean Penn started off his acceptance speech tweaking the liberal audience who bestowed the award to him: "You commie, homo-loving sons of guns."
With a sly, bad-boy grin of course.
He followed with condemnation of anti-gay protesters who demonstrated near the Oscar site - with comments about California's recent gay marriage ban, Prop 8:
"For those who saw the signs of hatred as our cars drove in tonight, I think it's a good time for those who voted for the ban against gay marriage to sit and reflect on their great shame and their shame in their grandchildren's eyes if they continue that support," Penn said. "We've got to have equal rights for everyone."
"Milk" writer Dustin Lance Black, Best Original Screenplay winner, offered an impassioned tribute to Milk.
"If Harvey had not been taken from us 30 years ago, I think he would want me to say to all the gay and lesbian kids out there tonight who have been told they are less than by the churches, by the government, by their families, that you are beautiful, wonderful creatures of value, and that no matter what anyone tells you, God does love you and that very soon, I promise you, you will have equal rights, federally, across this great nation of ours."
These artists won. It is their night. They have every right to make a political speech (as this was a political movie, a political project).
Politics, anti-gay propositions, gay hatred and discrimination - along with gay acceptance and tolerance and compassion - were inter-woven elements of the screenplay, the direction, the acting. You really can't separate the politics out of the story. The politics is - and the relationships are - the marrow of this film.
Sean Penn and Dustin Lance Black rose to the occasion nobly. It was heartfelt. They promoted love and acceptance tonight.