Alejandro G. Inarritu on Sean Penn's 'Green Card' Joke: 'I Found It Hilarious' — variety.com

When Sean Penn announced “Birdman” as best picture at the Academy Awards, some people didn’t take kindly to his joke: “Who gave this son of a bitch a green card?” Penn was referring to “Birdman’s” Mexican writer/director/ Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, who directed Penn in “21 Grams.” The joke didn’t go over well with some on Twitter, who went online to voice their outrage. But asked backstage about it, Inarritu said, “I found it hilarious.”

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