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That "Warn A Brother" Joke at The Golden Globes Was a Complete Fail. German director Fatih Akin made tone deaf joke during Golden Globes. Malcolm Venable Jan. 8, 2018 at 9:27 a.m. PT.

For some reason, Akin, while thanking distributor Warner Brothers, decided to tack on a "warn a brother" reference to his acceptance speech. To no applause. In 2018.

In the middle of his acceptance speech for Best Foreign Language Film at the Golden Globes, “In The Fade” writer/director Fatih Akin randomly dropped a reference to that meme. “Thank you ...