Another actor losing his chance for an oscar nom?

[Julia SpencerParticipant Joined: Sep 11th, 2015 Topics: 8 Posts: 215 View Predictions]

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I am quite sad and sick after reading this article about allegations against Casey Affleck ( . ) I love Manchester by the sea and dont want the reception of the movie to suffer because of what he did a few years ago. However after the whole controversy surrounding Nate Parker and Birth of the Nation suffering because of it, I fear his and its chances for some Oscar love are going to suffer.

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[M: The OriginalParticipant Joined: Aug 5th, 2014 Topics: 40 Posts: 5105 View Predictions]

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Julia Spencer wrote:

I am quite sad and sick after reading this article about allegations against Casey Affleck ( . ) I love Manchester by the sea and dont want the reception of the movie to suffer because of what he did a few years ago. However after the whole controversy surrounding Nate Parker and Birth of the Nation suffering because of it, I fear his and its chances for some Oscar love are going to suffer.

Doubt any controversy will affect him receiving a nod. Although such a controversy would make him a less desirable candidate for the win.

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[sofanParticipant Joined: Oct 1st, 2016 Topics: 2 Posts: 1565 View Predictions]

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It is only fair if he also loses his chances, but Academy members might go easy on him due to his brother and him being a white man. We shall see if this essay catches on. So far I’ve only seen one more article.

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[Julia SpencerParticipant Joined: Sep 11th, 2015 Topics: 8 Posts: 215 View Predictions]

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If the allegations are true, he shouldnt get nominated but the movie and the supporting actors should get their due!

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[Anonymous Joined: Jan 1st, 1970 Topics: 104 Posts: 5254 View Predictions]

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With all due respect to the victims, Micheal Keaton, Ryan Gosling, Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks, and Andrew Garfield are probably having a party right now.

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[AwardsConnectKeymaster Joined: Jan 16th, 2016 Topics: 17 Posts: 3653 View Predictions]

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If this goes viral, ala Nate Parker, I can see it having a significant impact, not only on Affleck’s Oscar nomination hopes but on the picture itself, both in the awards hunt and at the box office. Still seems a tad under-the-radar but something like this can easily explode, especially over social media.

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[AtypicalParticipant Joined: Dec 1st, 2011 Topics: 286 Posts: 18195 View Predictions]

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Casey Affleck is white, so he’ll be just fine this Oscar season.

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[PoweRParticipant Joined: Sep 27th, 2011 Topics: 76 Posts: 5773 View Predictions]

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Casey Affleck has his white privilege to save the day. It will just prove how much of a joke the movie industry is.

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[sofanParticipant Joined: Oct 1st, 2016 Topics: 2 Posts: 1565 View Predictions]

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Just to play devil’s advocate, it doesn’t hurt that, what he did was nowhere near as bad or traumatic as raping someone and causing them to commit suicide.

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[Julia SpencerParticipant Joined: Sep 11th, 2015 Topics: 8 Posts: 215 View Predictions]

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sofan wrote:

Just to play devil’s advocate, it doesn’t hurt that, what he did was nowhere near as bad or traumatic as raping someone and causing them to commit suicide.

Did you read the accounts of the two women suing him? Yes, he didnt rape any of them, but the sexual harassment was behind awful and they didnt have any power to go against this harassment. The same happened with the victim in the Nate Parker case, who killed herself after it.

There are a few things, I dont understand why one of them would agree to work again with him but why would any of them lie. Both have been successful before and still are.

I dont know what happened but if I really was innocent why did he settle and didnt let it go to trial? I guess a lot of people are agree, that the media doesnt jump on it in the same way, they jumped on Parker´s case.

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[jasonfaceParticipant Joined: Nov 13th, 2015 Topics: 5 Posts: 2577 View Predictions]

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An Oscar nomination/win really shouldn’t be dependent upon old news that has been settled and contradicted by several of the film’s other (female) crew members.

Nate Parker’s situation was different but also still shouldn’t have affected his film as it did. I don’t know. If people choose not to support a film because of the star’s alleged past then fine, but there’s really no reason for any of this to resurface at this point other than character assassination.

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[sofanParticipant Joined: Oct 1st, 2016 Topics: 2 Posts: 1565 View Predictions]

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Julia Spencer wrote:

Did you read the accounts of the two women suing him?

Yes I did, it is harassment at best and it is not as horrible as rape is, and that is the universal reality.

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[BeeParticipant Joined: Oct 25th, 2016 Topics: 17 Posts: 3850 View Predictions]

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Harassment is still bad. Don’t trivialize it.

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[Julia SpencerParticipant Joined: Sep 11th, 2015 Topics: 8 Posts: 215 View Predictions]

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sofan wrote:

Julia Spencer wrote:

Did you read the accounts of the two women suing him?

Yes I did, it is harassment at best and it is not as horrible as rape is, and that is the universal reality.

Sorry, if I came off judgemental. Of course, its not the same and I didnt mean to imply that it is. I have a hart time separating my enjoyment for his performence and especially for the movie from this ugly news. I know now how supporters of Birth of the Nation felt after news about Parker came out.

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[Brennan MeroneParticipant Joined: Oct 4th, 2016 Topics: 24 Posts: 100 View Predictions]

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Was Parker getting a nomination anyway?

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