Lead or Supporting No. 30: Viola Davis in Ma Raineys Black Bottom

[sorcerer99 Joined: Jan 22nd, 2016 Topics: 0 Posts: 136 View Predictions]

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She’s supporting imo. Just because she’s the title character, doesn’t mean she’s a lead. It’s actually quite surprising that Boseman got a lot of screentime in that film, almost DOUBLE more than Viola’s. If there was a co-lead, it’s Colman Domingo. The film is GREAT and Viola deserves a nomination whatever category it is, but I think she needed more presence in a film that was supposed to be hers. And I feel like that’s what might be keeping her from dominating the wins in the lead category.

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[Flickchick Joined: Oct 16th, 2018 Topics: 0 Posts: 86 View Predictions]

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I thought she was lead. I thought Chadwick should have been supporting.

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[Chloe Sevigny stan <3 Joined: Jul 13th, 2019 Topics: 5 Posts: 2393 View Predictions]

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I was totally fine with her lead placement… I think continual Oscar category fraud (usually pushing leads into supporting) has rewired a lot of minds into thinking that a performer has to be in basically every scene to be considered leading.

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[B.A.P.S Joined: Aug 13th, 2021 Topics: 0 Posts: 117 View Predictions]

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Without Viola, Chadwick has no storyline. Because what were they gathering in the recording studio for? MA RAINEY! She’s LEAD!

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[jjjmoss Joined: Jun 2nd, 2016 Topics: 2 Posts: 2335 View Predictions]

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without godot, waiting for godot would have no storyline

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[Tasiandee Joined: Dec 11th, 2013 Topics: 1 Posts: 208 View Predictions]

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Based on my memory, she wasn’t in the film long enough for lead, Boseman was a clear lead but viola was the title character. I would vote supporting.

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[Rachel615 Joined: Sep 20th, 2018 Topics: 6 Posts: 2501 View Predictions]

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For whatever it is worth, when the play was performed on Broadway, Theresa Merritt played Ma Rainey and won as Tony as Best Featured Actress in a Play, not Best Lead Actress.

I note that I haven’t compared the text of the play to the film’s screenplay so it’s possible that Ma’s role is a bit larger in the movie.

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