When did we begin awrding celebrity impersonators with Academy Award nominations and wins? It occured to me this year when the King and Queen won that the critics and members are going gaga over mimics and apers. Where did the original performance get lost? I did some thinking and recalled that last years leading actor for Truman Capote won over Edward R Murrow. In 2004, Ray Charles beat out Matthew Barrie, Paul Rusesabagina, and Howard Hughes. Back further, Hurrican Carter, Larry Flint, Ghandi, have been nominated.
Best actress has had QE2 and June Carter as winners over the last two years and Virginia Woolf and Erin Brockovitch and QE1 in recent memory. Even the supporting categories have performances that are recognized as personalities or caricatures of them. Eddie Murphy’s first nomination for portraying James Brown while Catherine Keener was Harper Lee and Cate Blanchett won with her potrayal of Katherine Hepburn.
Is this a surprise to anyone else or have I just not been paying attention?
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