The Wood or Oscar 2016: Who did you tweet for?

Hashtag #thewood trended before this year’s Oscar awards and Reigns took to Twitter to take her anger a step further.

Published on: Feb 29, 2016, 11:50:51 IST

Hindustan Times | By Samarth Goyal, New Delhi

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April Reign, the American girl who started the viral trend- #OscarSoWhite, sparked yet another trend on social media after she encouraged everyone to watch the 1999 classic, The Wood, and use that to boycott the 88th Academy Awards this year. On Monday morning, Twitter saw hashtag #thewood trending through the morning.

Did you tweet with Oscars 2016 hashtag or sided with those opposing it?

For the uninitiated, Reign started the viral hashtag: #OscarSoWhite during the 87th Academy Awards when they were accused of ignoring films that represented the black community. Hashtag #thewood trended before this year’s Oscar awards and Reigns took to Twitter to take her anger a step further. A week earlier in a series of tweets, Reign announced that she was planning to watch the 1999 classic, starring actors Taye Diggs, Omar Epps, and Richard T Jones.

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So did you tweet using #thewood or #oscar2016?

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Samarth Goyal
Samarth Goyal writes on Hollywood and music, for the daily Entertainment and Lifestyle supplement, HT City.

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