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February 12, 2016 at 8:35 am #216466
Over the 88 years since the Academy Awards were first established, 20 African-American leading men, 17 supporting men and and 18 supporting women have garnered Oscar nominations for their work. These are paltry numbers to be sure, particularly as you consider more than 400 performances have thus far been nominated in each of these categories.
The numbers are especially anemic, however, in the Lead Actress category – a mere 10 African-American women have garnered Best Actress nominations. Claudia McNeil in “A Raisin in the Sun” and Pam Grier in “Jackie Brown” are two names that instantly come to mind as Lead Actress performances that would’ve been supremely worthy of nominations.
That being said, which is your favorite of the 10 African-American Best Actress performances recognized by the Academy?
ReplyFebruary 12, 2016 at 8:55 am #216469I’m still bitter Viola Davis didn’t win the Oscar. Meryl really should’ve won for Julia Childs a few years earlier instead of the Iron Lady. Will always be bitter. I’m hoping Davis can land a fantastic role in the next few years that could get her that win.
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February 12, 2016 at 9:37 am #216471This post was found to be inappropriate by the moderators and has been removed.February 12, 2016 at 10:42 am #216473This post was found to be inappropriate by the moderators and has been removed.February 12, 2016 at 2:49 pm #216477This post was found to be inappropriate by the moderators and has been removed.February 12, 2016 at 3:36 pm #216479Tyson, Goldberg & Sidibe… OK If only to choose 1 it would be Tyson.
The choice is so hard I did it on the basis of me not liking much about the rest of THE COLOR PURPLE (I think Spielberg did a terrible job, sorry). Then between Tyson & Sidibe, I choose Tyson because I’ve been able to see her give incredible performances elsewhere and I feel Sidibe lucked out with a character that is beyond rich in terms of acting… like Elizabeth Taylor in Virginia Woolf.
PS. Both McNeil and Poitier’s omission from the 1961 ballot for their work in A RAISIN IN THE SUN is hardcore sad!!! The best actress race was great that year, but they could have left Piper Laurie out IMO 🙂
ReplyCopy URLFebruary 12, 2016 at 3:47 pm #216480Im embarassed to admit but I’ve only seen Davis and Wallis… but either way, they were both my personal winners their respective years, so even out of those two it’s an extremely difficult decision. I’ll go with Wallis purely just because I know I’ll probably be one of the few to vote for her.
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