The only thing that’s better than the perfect acting performance? The perfect Oscars win.
The only thing that’s better than the perfect acting performance? The perfectIt happens less often than you’d think—as in, almost never. In fact, it’s so rare that, in one of the only cases of it happening, decades of conspiracy theories and industry legend surround it.is one of the few times it’s both earned and acceptable to call something “iconic.
In fact, the climax of the film, a Cinderella story by way of legal comedy, hinges upon her. She nails every beat of her courtroom testimony, pulling off the magic act of embodying a comedy cliché—the exaggerated, ditzy Italian-American—to crowd-pleasing effect, while subverting expectations at the same time.
Tomei’s comedic turn as a long-suffering fiancée is not what one considers—even now, but certainly at the time—“Oscars bait.” The actress was still new to the Hollywood scene, having mostly worked in New York theater and soaps before being cast in the film. No matter how fantastic her work in the movie was, a performance in a mainstream comedy film by a largely unknown actress being nominated for an Academy Award was considered a shock on its own.
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