why Jennifer Lawrence and Jodie Foster presenting an Oscar tonight was a big deal

Jennifer Lawrence and Jodie Foster's appearance at Sunday's Oscars avoided what was already the norm, however was not absolutely surprising.

The Oscar-winning on-screen characters displayed the honor for lead performer to "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" star Frances McDormand. They ribbed Meryl Streep amid their introduction and applauded the trailblazing performers who share the respect with them. 

Be that as it may, something was diverse this time. 

Lawrence and Foster ventured in when Casey Affleck pulled back from the show in January in the wake of the #MeToo and Time's Up developments coursing through Hollywood and past. Truly, the lead performing artist prize is exhibited by the earlier year's lead performer champ. 

"We value the choice to maintain the emphasis on the show and on the considerable work of this current year," a foundation representative said when Affleck bowed out. 

Claims of past unfortunate behavior tenacious the "Manchester by the Sea" star last honors season as he cleared the lead on-screen character respect. In 2010 he settled with two female team individuals who sued him in the wake of blaming him for sexual unfortunate behavior on the arrangement of his directorial exertion "I'm Still Here," which shot in 2009. 

Affleck was likewise the subject of 2016 lead on-screen character Brie Larson's noiseless dissent at the 2017 Oscars when she declined to applaud him after giving him his prize. 

Encourage won lead performing artist Oscars for "The Accused" (1988) and "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991) and was named for two different movies. Lawrence won her lead on-screen character Oscar for "Silver Linings Playbook" (2012) and was designated three different circumstances.