{"id":2342,"date":"2005-01-28T15:41:18","date_gmt":"2005-01-28T20:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=2342"},"modified":"2024-10-27T18:09:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T22:09:05","slug":"oscar-philosophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=2342","title":{"rendered":"Oscars Philosophy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alex<\/a>, Mitchell and I sat around in the living room, talking about Diane Keaton’s performance in Something’s Gotta Give<\/i>. (I have discussed my own feelings about her work ad nauseum<\/a>. And you know what? I could go on for even LONGER about it. But I will restrain myself. For now, anyway.) The three of us were all QUITE CLEAR in our convictions. (We’re all actors. We don’t feel embarrassed about how much we love all this stuff, and how long we talk about it. We take it seriously, we eat it up, and we do not censor ourselves. We aren’t constantly editing ourselves, like: “I know the Oscars are silly, but …” or “Who cares about a bunch of actors congratulating themselves, but …” This is the stuff we LIVE for. A bunch of actors congratulating themselves??? SIGN ME THE HELL UP, BABY. I never thought the Academy Awards show was too long. Even when I complained about how long it was – in those old days when there were the god-awful dance numbers – I wanted it go on forever.)<\/p>\n

We were discussing, seriously, how wonderful Diane Keaton was in that movie. We discussed WHY she was so good. We discussed why we think it is, indeed, some of her best work. EVER. I would say it was the best performance given, by an actress, that year. We all agreed.<\/p>\n

But Charlize Theron won for Monster<\/i>. Which is not surprising. It was a break-out performance, it was also the TOPIC that got people’s attention … and also the fact that nobody was really prepared for what Theron actually pulled off in that part. She made us forget how beautiful she is. We all were in agreement on this. Theron was great, yes, yes. But … Keaton was better.<\/p>\n

It’s not a huge secret that it is not the ACTOR who gets the Oscar. It is the ROLE ITSELF that gets the Oscar. You play a jibbering lunatic, while someone else quietly brings a normal everyday character to life … you’ll get the award. Play someone who’s mentally deficient, insane, or only has 3 fingers … you’ll get the award. Charlize Theron played a murderous freak of nature. She transformed her loveliness into something grotesque. (And quite quite well, I might add. I thought she was terrific.) But Diane Keaton … the way Mitchell put it (and we’re now about 2 hours into our group discussion about the Oscars) was: “I think Diane Keaton deserved the Oscar because it is literally impossible for me to imagine ANYONE ELSE playing that part.”<\/p>\n

And finally I said, flatly, “Yeah, well, you have to play a limping retarded Inuit in order to get any recognition from the Academy.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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