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An Oscar acceptance speech for all the outcasts, from Selma to Mars.

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Ladies and gentlemen, members of the academy – I think it was some Taoist scholar who said ‘to be honored in a corrupt society is a disgrace.’ And tonight is the greatest disgrace of my life.

Self-plagiarizing Taoist philosopher Jeff Dorchen accepts the Academy award on behalf of the snubbed, the ignored, the non-white, and his favorite Martian.

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Jeff Dorchen

Jeff is a visual artist, songwriter/musician, actor, essayist, fiction writer, poet, playwright and screenwriter. He's been a playwright, songwriter, and performer with Chicago's Theater Oobleck since 1988, a writer and actor with Red Baron Films since 2000, and a contributor to This Is Hell! since 1996. He currently lives in Los Angeles.

 

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