Who is anyone to say what comprises a great performance? I feel like it is rare to see a poor performance these days. And this film seems to have both an apparently good performance — it seemed pretty good to me, and a pretty poor one… Marc Maron is a funny guy and good podcaster, but he feels wooden here. So maybe she got the nomination because she looked so effective compared to her co-star? Maybe if some of the women in Woman King had done a worse job acting, Viola would have gotten the nod. With so many excellent performances, shouldn’t the quality of the film count for something. This is pretty straightforward for the ‘slow march to sobriety’ sub genre.
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