As much as the above picture disturbs me, it doesn’t really come as a surprise. The recent whoring of itself to the masses knocks the AMPAS down a few rungs on the crediblity ladder to anyone who appreciates true cinema, and this is whoring to the fullest extent. It’s that simple. I’m sick of the “It’s her time” and “she really deserves it” bullshit because quite frankly, she doesn’t. I can’t think of any other way to put it. If it weren’t such a blatant popularity contest instead of recognition based on real talent in real films (no, I don’t consider The Blind Side a real film. Bite me.) I could see if she paid her dues and gave us years of Doubts, Out of Africas, or Kramer Vs. Kramers like Goddess Streep has, but she’s just a ticket to mainstream credibility the AMPAS has been after so heavily for the past 3 or 4 years now. The inclusion of a further 5 films on top of the usual 5 in the Best Picture category earlier last year only proves my point further (Best Picture Nominee: The Hangover just doesn’t sit well with me, I’m sorry). I mean really, shouldn’t you guys be recognizing this :
…or this:
…or this…(I know, I know, but she was fucking brilliant in The Girlfriend Experience…
…but most importantly, this:
The mistake that’s being made here (and the past several years she’s been nominated) is that Meryl Streep is being taken for granted. Plain and simple. For an institution as respected as the Academy is, to take one of the greatest and most prolific contributors to the medium it recognizes for granted is insane. In 15 years we might not have a Meryl Streep to lavish with fruitless nominations. Her Oscar count stands at 2, but in years where she actually deserves her credit a popularity award is doled out to the biggest darling of the moment (I’m looking at you, Kate Winsluet). It might be Sandra’s moment to be that darling, but eternity is where Meryl’s legacy lies, at least within the context of the industry. And to continuously ignore someone of that stature demeans the word “recognition” more than the Academy will demean itself by handing out Sandra’s Oscar this March.
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