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Originally posted by BetteDavisEyes
So now I have a question. I saw both Training Day w/Denzel Washington & A Beautiful Mind w/Russell Crowe. I had an argument with my future mother-in-law about this. She claims that the only reason that Denzel & Halle won their awards that year was b/c they were black. I thought they both gave great performances & deserved the Oscar. What do you guys think? She claims they were given to them based on race rather than on actual performance. She still believes that Russell Crowe & Nicole Kidman should have won (her for Moulin Rouge I think)
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I didn't particularly care for "Monster's Ball", but I was happy Halle won. Denzel, on the other hand was good in "Training Day." Oscar voters love when usually good-guy type actors plays bad guy roles. They may never admit this, but Oscar voters also reward for career achivement. Denzel has played good roles in all of his movies. He deserved the Oscar for "Malcolm X", but that had more to do with punishing Spike Lee than anything else. He played a convicing character in "The Hurricane", but the family of the victim wrote letters and threatened to protest.
This year my vote would go to Jamie Foxx for best actor. Foxx had a wonderful year as a leading man (Ray) and supporting actor (Collateral).
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