Lead or Supporting: Maria Bakalova

[RobertPius Joined: Nov 22nd, 2012 Topics: 264 Posts: 1864 View Predictions]

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I wonder if winning the globe for lead will make people vote for her in lead and not supporting.

What do you think?

(no iron in the fire, I haven’t seen the film yet.)

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[Butz Joined: Oct 15th, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 575 View Predictions]

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She’s absolutely a lead performance but there have been worse cases of fraud over the years in the male categories. I think there is a case that can be made, other than with Mahershala in Green Book, for example.

FYC:

Lead Actor: Mads Mikkelsen (Another Round)

Supporting Actress: Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)

Supporting Actor: Paul Raci (Sound of Metal)

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Letterboxd: Ray_In_Bruges

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[Monsoon 🌊 Joined: Aug 11th, 2020 Topics: 30 Posts: 2580 View Predictions]

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Lead

👑Cicely Tyson (1924-2021)
👑Mary Wilson (1944-2021)

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[Lucas Joined: Jun 24th, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 443 View Predictions]

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Obviously Lead

FYC

Best Actor: Mads Mikkelsen (Another Round)

Best Actress: Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman)

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[JackO Joined: Jun 2nd, 2011 Topics: 13 Posts: 5678 View Predictions]

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how is this a question? obvious lead.

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[Miles Joined: Oct 22nd, 2016 Topics: 22 Posts: 3820 View Predictions]

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Lead in the same way Felicity Jones< was lead for The Theory of Everything. She is not the main character but there are large stretches of time when she is alone without Borat. I actually think this instance of fraud is worse than Kaluuya.

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[Eddy Q Joined: Oct 13th, 2012 Topics: 23 Posts: 4661 View Predictions]

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I hate to admit it because emotionally I want her to be nominated, but this is quite clearly a co-lead performance. She’d be deserving of recognition in the lead category in my opinion, but it’s much harder for irreverent comedic performances to break through there than in supporting.

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[Melvinezq Joined: Aug 7th, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 187 View Predictions]

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For those of you who have watched this film, is Bakalova as lead as Rooney Mara in Carol? Honestly, I don’t think that it fits the lead category even if her character has a second biggest contribution to the film. There has been a very long time of woman to be called a lead in a film when she’s not the real centre of the plot. Most of them served the lead male’s narrative and although spent so much time in the story, they’re only the side character.

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[Elazul Joined: Sep 2nd, 2017 Topics: 8 Posts: 1001 View Predictions]

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Melvinezq wrote:

For those of you who have watched this film, is Bakalova as lead as Rooney Mara in Carol? Honestly, I don’t think that it fits the lead category even if her character has a second biggest contribution to the film. There has been a very long time of woman to be called a lead in a film when she’s not the real centre of the plot. Most of them served the lead male’s narrative and although spent so much time in the story, they’re only the side character.

Well she is completely serving the lead male’s narrative, because of that I do think the supporting placement is acceptable. I think it’s more like a Faye Dunaway in Chinatown scenario but ironically I’m fine with Dunaway’s lead placement because somehow she feels more than simply supporting Nicholson. Bakalova is not on that level in my humble opinion.

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[Eddy Q Joined: Oct 13th, 2012 Topics: 23 Posts: 4661 View Predictions]

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Elazul wrote:

Well she is completely serving the lead male’s narrative

She isn’t though. Tutar has her own narrative arc and character growth, especially when Borat is absent.

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[Elazul Joined: Sep 2nd, 2017 Topics: 8 Posts: 1001 View Predictions]

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Eddy Q wrote:

She isn’t though. Tutar has her own narrative arc and character growth, especially when Borat is absent.

Her narrative is a complete reaction to everything Borat does but I agree it’s debatable.

I think the relatively short length of the film also adds to the category fraud impression.

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