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Another cringe-worthy moment involved Elizabeth Banks, who proudly touted the fact that five women and only one man were nominated for Best Director. She celebrated this imbalance as a feat of gender equality, only for the male nominee, Philip Barentini, to win the award—smashing the narrative that women dominate the industry and highlighting the hypocrisy of virtue signaling. Elizabeth Banks’ attempt at virtue signaling turned into an embarrassing moment when reality defied her expectations.