Joaquin Phoenix gave a rambling acceptance speech that didn’t include a single thank you. Instead, the newly-minted Best Actor spoke about using love and compassion to fight injustice, animal cruelty (he talked about insemination of cows), cancel culture, egotism, and the message of his brother River, who died in 1993. See the full speech above/
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