Meryl Streep - straight talk on Disney

Meryl Streep Blasts Walt Disney During Emma Thompson Tribute - Starpulse.com: "Actress Meryl Streep ripped Walt Disney Tuesday night while honoring fellow star Emma Thompson during the National Board of Review Awards Gala.

Thompson, who stars in Saving Mr. Banks, the story of Walt Disney's (Tom Hanks) 20-year struggle to wrestle the rights to Mary Poppins from author P.L. Travers (Thompson), won the award for Best Actress for her work in the film.

Streep, who presented the award, paid tribute to her pal with a rousing nine-minute speech, in which she blasted the legendary moviemaker as anti-Semitic, racist and sexist.

Streep asked the audience to choose with their applause between a "short, sweet, kind of funny" version of her tribute, or the "long, bitter, more truthful version." They chose the latter."

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