I was just reading an Oscar bait piece -- it laid out accents, disabled (physically or mentally), or ugly. I imagine playing the Hunchback of Notre Dame would make you a shoe in.
Zoe: Preacher, don't the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killing? Book: Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps.
'War Stories'
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§ ita § - Oct 20, 2005 12:51:17 pm PDT #8090 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Dana - Oct 20, 2005 12:52:45 pm PDT #8091 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Tom Hanks won for playing mentally disabled, and then for having AIDS.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 20, 2005 1:06:16 pm PDT #8092 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Why didn't Sellers win for playing Dr. Strangelove?
P.M. Marc - Oct 20, 2005 1:07:50 pm PDT #8093 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
When I think of accent points, I think of Meryl Streep. Who else has reaped the accent awards benefits?
Gwynnie.
tommyrot - Oct 20, 2005 1:07:59 pm PDT #8094 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
...animals will be bred and SLAUGHTERED!
Gris - Oct 20, 2005 1:14:10 pm PDT #8095 of 10002
Hey. New board.
I gathered accent was a good part of Renee's Cold Mountain nod. But then, I didn't see it.
Hayden - Oct 20, 2005 1:19:32 pm PDT #8096 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I think Hollywood also equates "ugly" with "injured".
tommyrot - Oct 20, 2005 1:21:26 pm PDT #8097 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
What was the '70s movie about the paralyzed skier? The Other Side of the Mountain ? Did that actress win anything?
eta: Yep, she did.
Won - Golden Globe - Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture - Female
Gandalfe - Oct 20, 2005 5:55:08 pm PDT #8098 of 10002
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Maybe the accent thing only works if you're an American doing an accent? Has a Brit ever won for doing an American accent?
Volans - Oct 20, 2005 9:21:37 pm PDT #8099 of 10002
move out and draw fire
that he immerses so deeply into a lot of roles that people don't realize it's the same actor from movie to movie
I agree, but the industry folks who make the nominations should know. Unless not even his manager realizes those were all him...