wild that they omitted such iconic figures, like brigitte bardot and alain delon. the in memoriam segment always sparks controversy, but this feels particularly off.
Potore5 on
Weren’t they both controversial?
Delon being right-wing and Bardot having said racist things during her life? I don’t recall the details…
Edit: so I checked: Bardot was a supporter of some sort of nationalist/fascist political party (I’m surprised they’re even allowed to exist in France…of all places…) and was a vocal opponent of what she called “the Islamization” of Europe. So totally super racist. When still alive she was even booed while attending a festival or something. Fully understand why she wasn’t mentioned.
As for Delon…I couldn’t find anything as radical about him. So him being omitted is probably due to the lack of knowledge about European Cinema by whoever organized the In Memoriam segment last year.
The_Lone_Apple on
Maybe because the intern that compiled it never heard of them.
Jackbuddy78 on
It would be a waste of my piss to unload it on Bardot’s grave. She can go on the same walls as Philippe Pétain far as French icons are concerned.
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wild that they omitted such iconic figures, like brigitte bardot and alain delon. the in memoriam segment always sparks controversy, but this feels particularly off.
Weren’t they both controversial?
Delon being right-wing and Bardot having said racist things during her life? I don’t recall the details…
Edit: so I checked: Bardot was a supporter of some sort of nationalist/fascist political party (I’m surprised they’re even allowed to exist in France…of all places…) and was a vocal opponent of what she called “the Islamization” of Europe. So totally super racist. When still alive she was even booed while attending a festival or something. Fully understand why she wasn’t mentioned.
As for Delon…I couldn’t find anything as radical about him. So him being omitted is probably due to the lack of knowledge about European Cinema by whoever organized the In Memoriam segment last year.
Maybe because the intern that compiled it never heard of them.
It would be a waste of my piss to unload it on Bardot’s grave. She can go on the same walls as Philippe Pétain far as French icons are concerned.
[I’d gather Brigitte Bardot has a reason to be omitted…](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/world/europe/brigitte-bardot-racism-far-right.html)