The Wrong Actress

Posted on January 7, 2007 in Film

Jennifer Hudson should not be up for Best Supporting Actress in Dreamgirls. It was her show. She should be nominated for Best Actress and [[Beyonce Knowles]] relegated to the Best Supporting Actress nod. Call it a matter of time onscreen and import to the story. Ignore the screen credits.

This isn’t the first time that such a major booboo has been wrought by the awards-blacksmiths. Dr. [[Haing S. Ngor]] portrayed the war-tormented reporter [[Dith Pran]], appearing onscreen for nearly all of the 141 minutes. He acted in English, French, and Khmer. Yet the best actor nod went to [[Sam Waterson]]. Ngor won the Best Supporting Actor award the same year that [[F. Murray Abraham]] won for Amadeus. Were Hollywood voters saying that Ngor wasn’t good enough to compete with the big boys?