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Re: 2001 Oscar Nominations Game Discussion!

Posted By: Sam, on host 24.61.194.240
Date: Saturday, March 16, 2002, at 17:29:21
In Reply To: Re: 2001 Oscar Nominations Game Discussion! posted by Don the Monkeyman on Saturday, March 16, 2002, at 17:21:18:

> > BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jennifer Connelly
> > I still think she's hot. Plus it was really a leading role.
>
> That reminds me: How does the line between supporting actor/actress and leading actor/actress get drawn? I'm sure I have been told before, but I honestly don't remember.

Honestly, simply the perceptions of the voters. Oscar history is littered with circumstances where this strange distinction is made in confusing ways. Louise Fletcher could hardly be called a main character of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." With little screentime, still she won a Best Actress Oscar.

Both Frances McDormand and William H. Macy were nominated for "Fargo" -- McDormand, for Best Actress; Macy, for Best Supporting Actor. I actually agree with these decisions, because McDormand so dominates one's memory of that film. Still, McDormand had just less than 30 minutes of screentime in it, whereas Macy had just a bit more than 30 minutes of screentime.

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Re: 2001 Oscar Nominations Game Discussion! - Mazer31 - Sun, 3/17/2002, 15:02:38

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Message:	> > > BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jennifer Connelly > > > I still think she's hot. Plus it was really a leading role. > > > > That reminds me: How does the line between supporting actor/actress and leading actor/actress get drawn? I'm sure I have been told before, but I honestly don't remember. > > Honestly, simply the perceptions of the voters. Oscar history is littered with circumstances where this strange distinction is made in confusing ways. Louise Fletcher could hardly be called a main character of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." With little screentime, still she won a Best Actress Oscar. > > Both Frances McDormand and William H. Macy were nominated for "Fargo" -- McDormand, for Best Actress; Macy, for Best Supporting Actor. I actually agree with these decisions, because McDormand so dominates one's memory of that film. Still, McDormand had just less than 30 minutes of screentime in it, whereas Macy had just a bit more than 30 minutes of screentime.
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