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Dottsterisk t1_ja2vu8e wrote

I’m not gonna say she necessarily deserved the Oscar over Julianne Moore, but I think people are selling her performance short in this thread.

It’s not a terribly flashy performance, but there’s a lot of good subtle work in there, as the character she’s playing is, herself, playing different characters.

There’s Veronica Lake and there’s Lynn Bracken. Then there’s Lynn Bracken with Pearce Patchett, Lynn Bracken with Ed Exley, and finally the real Lynn Bracken with Bud White. They carry themselves differently and even speak differently.

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ryhaltswhiskey t1_ja4aigd wrote

>subtle

That's the important part. Subtle is hard to do. Sometimes an actor will just make a little smirk or something and it's so in-character that I'm like "nailed it".

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