Overview
- Kumail Nanjiani, presenting Best Live Action Short at the 98th Academy Awards, rebranded Schindler’s List as “Schindler’s Post-it” during a bit about shortening film titles.
- The joke drew muted reaction in the Dolby Theatre and prompted swift online criticism, with posts calling it tasteless and antisemitic.
- Some users defended the remark as a wordplay on the title rather than a comment on the Holocaust, reflecting divided reactions on social platforms.
- As of the latest reports, Nanjiani has not addressed the controversy publicly.
- The category Nanjiani presented ended in a rare tie between The Singers and Two People Exchanging Saliva, only the seventh tie in Oscars history.