The reason people hate Marisa Tomei's Oscar win…
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JosephASpadaro — 10 years ago(November 12, 2015 08:18 PM)
What's this Oscar curse that I've heard about? Once you win one Oscar you never get nominated again? (It seems most actors, there are the exceptions; Streep, Nicholson, Hanks)
Here's the "curse":
Once you win an Oscar, you have reached the pinnacle of success (in the acting world). There is no other way to go, but downhill from there.
All of your subsequent performances get compared to your Oscar performance. And, by definition, those are very big shoes to fill.
Also, once an actor becomes an Oscar winner, they are held to a "higher standard". And their performances are scrutinized much more closely.
Luise Rainer won two
consecutive
Best Actress Oscars (1937 and 1938). She said it was the worst thing that ever happened to her. -
ragusa11 — 17 years ago(July 24, 2008 09:56 AM)
- It was a WEAK Oscar year. There is some luck involved as there are years where there are tons of great performances and only one wins. Heck, the entire starring cast and supporting cast should have won Oscars for The Godfather.
- It was a great performance all around, especially with the physical acting.
Plain and simple, it was a comedy and people seem to discriminate and think ONLY a dramatic role should take home the award.
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Ironman54 — 17 years ago(July 25, 2008 05:48 PM)
I've never seen her in any other performance, interview etc. How far from her real persona was the one she protrayed in this film ? In other words was this a John Waye/Robert DeNiro kinda thing ? Or is she some mid western preppy type in her private life pulling off this character ? If shes from Queens/Brooklyn, with a typical NY upbringing the role is not that much of a stretch.Go to any mall in L.I. in the 90's and this "type" is the norm. I LOVE this movie, I think I fell in love with her (Lisa) the first time I saw it so I don't mean to diminish her performance - just that I'd be that much more impressed if she wasn't from NY. The stereo type is just too easy for anyone from the area - I grew up just outside of the city, I'm 100% German heritage but could do a "Guido" that literally had people in tears - not of laughter either. My brother was getting jerked around by the owner of a music store. My bro. had paid, up front, big bucks for a guitar only to be told AFTER he laid out the cash that it was on back order. Then there was a different excuse every week for why it hadn't been delivered. When he told me I was outraged to hear he was being treated like this. I got creative - got on the phone and did my best DeNiro/Peci impression. After I got off the phone I sat down with a cup of coffee and a cigarette. I remember that I hadn't even finished my coffee when the phone rang - it was my brother. He told me he was on his way to pick up his guitar - he had just got a call from a very distraught music store owner appologizing for the mix up ! I hadn't even called my bro. back yet to tell him what I had done as while I was having my smoke I was wondering to myslef if what I had just done wasn't such a good idea. What happens if the guy reported the call to the police and they tracked me down ? I really started to worry ! LOL !! In any event, after my brother got back home he called me again and asked what exactly did I say to the guy ? "He was shaking like a leaf and couldn't apologize enough" ! True story. So, my point is if shes a native the role isn't that big a deal.Her looks didn't hurt either. Imagine if she was just an average woman, 25 pounds or so overweight, I think the role would not seem as impressive - just stereo typical if not a little too masculine for most guys taste ! Am I wrong here ? Again, I LOVE the movie as I'm a "transplant" where I live now and this movie always comforts me with memories of home (dad and the aunts/uncles all from the city and with the NYC accents).
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JaysonT — 16 years ago(October 15, 2009 01:06 PM)
You make not a lick of sense.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=i8liPzaBT-s
WATCH IT- HILARIOUS! -
JosephASpadaro — 10 years ago(November 12, 2015 08:25 PM)
I've never seen her in any other performance, interview etc. How far from her real persona was the one she protrayed in this film ? In other words was this a John Waye/Robert DeNiro kinda thing ? Or is she some mid western preppy type in her private life pulling off this character ? If shes from Queens/Brooklyn, with a typical NY upbringing the role is not that much of a stretch.Go to any mall in L.I. in the 90's and this "type" is the norm. I LOVE this movie, I think I fell in love with her (Lisa) the first time I saw it so I don't mean to diminish her performance - just that I'd be that much more impressed if she wasn't from NY. The stereo type is just too easy for anyone from the area . So, my point is if shes a native the role isn't that big a deal.Her looks didn't hurt either. Imagine if she was just an average woman, 25 pounds or so overweight, I think the role would not seem as impressive - just stereo typical if not a little too masculine for most guys taste ! Am I wrong here ?
Excellent point. The performance was great. But was the acting "hard work" or was it just her natural persona? -
dickfriendly — 17 years ago(August 06, 2008 12:01 AM)
But the fact that she presented an award on Oscar night (with Joe Pesci) is a precursor to her (eventual) Oscar win. Every other year, there will always be a winner who is also a presenter on Oscar night (see: Reese Witherspoon, George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Charlize Theron, Tim Robbins, Sofia Coppola, Renee Zellweger). Even Sean Penn was asked to present an award in 2004 (the year he won for Mystic River) but he declined. At least he won that night.