I’m on team Butler. So he was “annoying” at awards shows. Plenty of nominees get their heads big about their work. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t win your honors. Again Fraser’s win felt strictly political. Butler put his heart and soul into Elvis, and lost to a 600 pound fat suit. If you switched the roles, I’m sure Butler could easily have donned a ton of makeup, worn a whale costume, and ate pizza with ranch dressing. But I doubt highly Fraser would be able to pull off the King himself, even in his overweight days. Sigh. It’s just sad the new generation of voters seem to punish any little thing an actor does or what they think an actor has done personally, casting them aside right away. The cancellation culture is insane. It Happened to Tommy Lee Jones in Lincoln, when after making some ugly faces at the Golden Globes- became a meme, and lost to Christoph Waltz in Django Unchained. I like Waltz, but Jones was vastly superior- in a more difficult role. Back to Fraser- I personally don’t think he deserved this at all. Even my long time friend who has watched the Oscars with me since we were in high school – phoned me tonight with utter shock in his voice. “He won…for that? FOR THAT??? Come on!” Butler was punished for most likely being ‘too pretty’. It’s very hard for pretty boys to win for playing pretty boys. This goes all the way back to the days of Cary Grant. But if not Butler, Nighy and Farrell certainly were more deserving. I haven’t seen Mescal, so cannot comment. Fraser’s win will not hold up well down the line. And I don’t care how much he “cried during his speech”. Big deal. It’s the work that should have been cited.
I doubt that was the cause Butler lost. They gave award to Casey Affleck who had like rape allegations or whatever at that time, so I seriously doubt that Butler being annoying at some award shows really costed him the Oscar.
And yes, Michael Myers’ Girlfriend deserves her Oscar.
literally no one gives a fuck 
