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I haven’t heard too much talk about Irons’ placement, but I personally have always found the idea of him going lead to be very weird, as his part is definitely much closer in size to the likes of Smart and Nelson’s than King’s. While he does lead one plotline of the show, it’s still very secondary to the main action with King.
But while I personally don’t get the lead placement, I wanted to see if anyone on here thinks he’s being campaigned in the right spot and if they could say why.
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This post was found to be inappropriate by the moderators and has been removed.How is his performance forgettable? I mean you may not like what he was going for, it was certainly a lot, but forgettable is not the word I would use to describe it.
I feel that everyone is supporting to king in the ensemble but given that he leads his own storyline for a good chunk of the narrative and also given that his performance is such a standout, I think the placement is justified.
ReplyCopy URLLead. Quite literally half the narrative is centered on his character.
Except it’s not literally half though is it. It might be figuratively half but in terms of the actual numbers his storyline gets at most 10 minutes on screen before the finale so that’s more like 1/5 of the narrative we see. Just because the storylining only has two major sections doesn’t mean we should ignore that this is weighted very heavily towards one and not the other for most of the series.
ReplyCopy URLWhile I agree that Irons was the male lead of Watchmen, it shouldn’t put you in lead category. John Slattery is the male lead of Mrs. America and imagine him competing in lead. Still, I’m okay with Irons going lead because as Riley said the opposite case happens more often as category fraud.
ReplyCopy URLHe submitted Lead and so that’s where he will compete. He could have gone with either category, but I admire him for not playing it safe and potentially taking a nomination away from one of his co-stars with less screen time and celebrity name recognition like Tim Blake Nelson or Yahya Abdul-Mateen II.
ReplyCopy URLExcept it’s not literally half though is it. It might be figuratively half but in terms of the actual numbers his storyline gets at most 10 minutes on screen before the finale so that’s more like 1/5 of the narrative we see. Just because the storylining only has two major sections doesn’t mean we should ignore that this is weighted very heavily towards one and not the other for most of the series.
That’s why I said “narratively,” which you just brushed away because people love to use runtime to justify placement. I’ve made it clear many times before on these forums that I don’t like that way of thinking about characterization and category placement.
ReplyCopy URLThat’s why I said “narratively,” which you just brushed away because people love to use runtime to justify placement. I’ve made it clear many times before on these forums that I don’t like that way of thinking about characterization and category placement.
I didn’t actually brush it aside (I spoke only of level of storyline focus not actor) but okay I’ll play it your way. “Narratively” the series gave Regina King’s storyline four times more attention than it did Jeremy Irons’. Happy now?
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