An attempt to hype anticipation for the 91st Academy Awards may have just ended up sparking liberal meltdowns instead.
A sneak preview of the stage for Sunday’s star-studded annual Oscars touted the dazzling image created by set designer David Korins with an eye-popping display of over 40,000 Swarovski crystals, according to Interior Design.
Korins’ aim “…was to create abstract and organic shapes that make the audience and stage feel as one, representing a feeling of inclusivity,” according to a statement statement given to the Austrian crystal company.
Swarovski reveals a dazzling first look at the 91st Oscars stage designed by David Korins: https://t.co/z6rudL2iaY pic.twitter.com/nwwCmZ0QQg
— Interior Design (@InteriorDesign) February 20, 2019
The designer explained that, in response to a world “filled with TOO MANY straight lines & square thinking,” he had “designed a world” based on “inclusion & warm welcoming shapes.”
I think we can all agree that the world is filled with TOO MANY straight lines & square thinking. For the #Oscars this year I have designed a world based on the idea of inclusion & warm welcoming shapes that stretch out & envelope not only the audience but everyone watching. pic.twitter.com/uStpUiDnFX
— David Korins (@DavidKorins) February 18, 2019
Heads up everyone…. straight lines are now divisive and not inclusive at all
I am going with this reasoning for why I can’t draw a straight line
— LibertyPlease (@Liberty_Please_) February 18, 2019
For many Twitter users, the unmistakable “world” on the Dolby Theater stage could not be unseen once the image lodged in the mind.
Just when I thought the #Oscars couldn’t become any more of a disaster, the stage is literally Trump’s hair.
I appreciate Korins’ intent here, but I can only see hair, and an empty space where the head should be. https://t.co/OGOIp7MMps
— Andy Dehnart (@realityblurred) February 18, 2019
It’s Donald Trump’s comb over!!!
— julie hansa (@slayerbomb) February 18, 2019
At first glance I thought it was an artist’s rendering of Trump’s hair as a proscenium arch. That impression faded after a while, but the first impression was unmistakable. Sorry to be the wet blanket voice here.
— John (@jawsfan66) February 18, 2019
Design process pic.twitter.com/XATHd6YyOE
— Arsenio (@ArsenioHT) February 18, 2019
— Engage the Trade (@engagethetrade) February 22, 2019
Some found Korins’ design had inspired different mental images.
It looks like a Lady Gaga Wig
— Mauro (@mauro_25_) February 18, 2019
love the inspiration for the new Oscars set pic.twitter.com/E6pEXv4lLN
— Sam Adams (@SamuelAAdams) February 17, 2019
This is where Travolta’s finally removed toupee went to retire ?
— Wendy Kroy ?4? (@heyn0ww) February 18, 2019
It looks like a huge Monroe’s head!, beautiful, surrealistic!.
(Did you see Monroe’s head too, or am I high?)— Varcolac (@Varcolac) February 18, 2019
— Mike Ryan (@mikeryan) February 17, 2019
This year’s Oscars stage is inspired by Lady Gaga’s wig from the 2016 Oscars. pic.twitter.com/uA0LGFd2qG
— juniorrr (@jayjuniorrr) February 18, 2019
But for fans of the president, there seemed to be a delicious irony in the vision of Trump-hating liberals spewing politically charged remarks while congratulating each other from a stage domed by their arch-enemy’s hair.
Oh! I am too blinded by the hair to see any other possibilities!
— Andy Dehnart (@realityblurred) February 18, 2019
DJT has gotten into everyone’s head.
— gutcheck5484 (@gutcheck5484) February 22, 2019
They are gonna make it all about him anyway….
— RedEchos (@DreddBolt) February 22, 2019
Inclusion, not President Trump’s hair, is the theme of 2019 Oscars stage https://t.co/KMpbV8jiWS pic.twitter.com/ZFEIDwNxiU
— Los Angeles Informer (@losangelesinfor) February 22, 2019
Prepare your meme makers. Sunday’s Oscars stage is going to look like President Trump’s hair!
??? https://t.co/rVHkDflhZl— Irish Phoenix (@i_IrishPhoenix) February 21, 2019
So….the design of this year’s Oscar stage was created solely for the purpose of somebody onstage joking that it resembles Donald Trump’s hair? pic.twitter.com/4LOzSPLvV4
— George David Allen (@GeorgeDAllen) February 17, 2019
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida where she has been writing for the BizPacReview team since 2015.
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