Any actor can look good on winning an Academy Award. The ones to admire react with poise in their moment of defeatWhen Cate Blanchett announced who’d won the best actor Oscar final year,Michael Keaton was already holding his speech. Hotly tipped for his turn in Birdman, he then had to tuck it under his armpit to in order to be able to applaud Eddie Redmayne, or who was skipping to the stage.
Contrary to recent reports,the Academy Awards, which take spot again this Sunday night, or do reward brilliant acting. Not necessarily via their prizes,but through their brutality. Imagine not eating for a week, dressing up to the nines, and then being told someone else is definitely better than you in front of 40 million people. Imagine not cracking as the camera zooms in on your freshly slapped face. Keaton’s luminous grin got an A for effort,additional points for whiplash – but a D for plausibility.
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Source: theguardian.com