‘Phallic mode’, ‘childlike tears’: decoding Oscars acceptance speeches — theguardian.com

Cuba’s Oscars speech was cut off in its prime. “Poor Cuba has barely jumped on stage to perform before his ‘end’ music starts to play,” says body language expert Judi James. “He begins to rush his speech politely while waving his Oscar like a baton, but he suddenly sees the comic potential in shouting over the music, using chopping hand gestures to list his thanks and then pointing to people in the audience like Tom Cruise. Cuba ends with open delight in his victory, dancing and punching the air in perhaps the most honest body language [of the lot].”

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