The audience at the 2017 Academy Awards heartily applauded as a statement from Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, who boycotted the ceremony, was read that ridiculed President Trumps inhumane immigration executive order. Farhardi, the director of The Salesman, said he was skipping this years Oscars out of respect for the people of my country and those of six nations whom have been disrespected by the inhumane law that bans entry of immigrants to the U.S. The comment drew hearty applause from the gathered Hollywood glitterati.