Even though I avoid her movies like the plague, I feel sorry for Meryl Streep. At this point, she must be hoping she won’t get nominated for Best Actress anymore.
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Martin Longman a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly. He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.
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why do you feel sorry for her? (not saying you shouldn’t, just wondering what the reason is)
What happened?
I t has been a while since she won, even though she’s been nominated a million times.
it’s a complicated juggling of recognition and “paying ones dues” – for example, often someone wins for a role that is not the one they actually should have won for (Kate Winslet this year, for example). I think the voters figure Streep has the recognition and the nomination suffices, otherwise she’d win every year and no one else would get a chance. Hence the phrasing of her intro. Also, not to discount some rivalry, hence maybe the hurtfulness of not winning. I don’t like her recent movies and the self conscious weightiness of them, but it’s not necessarily her fault. don’t know what I think about it at all. maybe I feel sorry for her too.
Meryl’s long record of outstanding performances in everything from musical comedy to tragedy guarantees a movie a big box office, almost guarantees an oscar nomination, and guarantees her great offers and big salaries into the foreseeable future. There is no reason to feel sorry for her. She’s one of the standards of excellence in the industry.
Winslett’s award is like an investment in the future. “No young actor left behind” For Hollywood to continually honor its past without investing in the future is short sighted–especially in a year when they give their highest award to their biggest competition (Ballywood).
highest award to their biggest competition (Ballywood).
Ha!
Yes – Slumdog Millionaire is totally Bollywood. Directed by noted Bollywood director Danny Boyle (director of such Bollywood hits as “Trainspotting” and “28 Days Later”), and with a screeplay written by renown Bollywood writer Simon Beaufoy (who also wrote that wonderful Bollywood farce “The Full Monty”, among others).
It’s a Bollywood film as visualized by a couple of well entrenched Hollywood white guys and the standard Hollywood system. It’s based on an Indian novel, which might be very good (haven’t read it yet), and it did manage to give some US exposure to some Indian actors (a good thing, in my mind) but if you’re looking for a Bollywood film, Slumdog isn’t really it.
Meryl Streep is a marvelous actress and some of her performances have been downright scintillating like “Sophie’s Choice” for which she won her only Oscar, “The Deerhunter”, “Ironweed”, and “Out of Africa”. Apparently, she really wanted the part for “Sophie’s Choice” and lost thirty pounds in a very short time. What a dedicated and determined artist she really is. I admire her devotion to excellence.
why feel sorry for her? she’s already won once, most actors and actresses toil their whole lives and don’t even get that. i think she’s a great actress, but she’s still great even if she doesn’t win a bullshit statue a second time.
besides, if she does get nominated again, he odds of winning will be even better, even if it’s for a really bad performance. the academy tends to hand the oscar to strong artists who are repeatedly disappointed as a sort of consolation prize. which just goes to show again why the oscars are so stupid.
supporting actress; she won twice. I think the voters take that into account
Off topic Booman, but I have just finished reading two Books from Lamar Waldron, and Thom Hartmann. Both are about the sixty’s assassinations. The first is “Ultimate Sacrifice” about a plan for a coup in Cuba and the JFK assassination. The second is “Legacy of Secrecy” which links JFK’s, MLK’s and RFK’s to one another. Both are compelling reading (if somewhat laborious). I know you have written about both the Kennedy assassinations here in the past, and don’t know if you are aware of these works.
Over the years I have read a lot about the Kennedy deaths especially. These works present plausible explanations about these tragic events that seem to me to be close to the mark.