Should the Oscars be nervous about Joaquin Phoenix calling out the Academy in his Best Actor acceptance speech?

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The Joker star's recent speech at the BAFTAs criticizing the British film industry for its lack of diversity should have the Film Academy worried, says Violet Kim. Phoenix is expected to win the Best Actor award on Sunday. "Phoenix has been a formidable and unpredictable presence at the podium, going beyond the routine expressions of gratitude in his acceptance speeches to chastise the audience for their hypocrisy on climate change or to draw attention to the lack of the diversity at the very awards ceremony that just honored him," says Kim. "Though he may preach and provoke, he’s been self-deprecating and self-aware about it."