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If Heath get a posthumous Oscar, would that redeem the Academy?

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Marge_Innavera:
As far as I'm concerned, the only thing that would redeem the Academy would be a special feature on some Oscar night about overlooked films -- including an acknowledgement that Brokeback had been a casualty of homophobia in general and the questionable ethics of some AMPAS members in particular. And I'm reasonably sure that won't happen in this millenium.

However, if Heath is nominated for an Oscar for TDK, I won't be able to resist watching. And while I feel he should have won an Oscar two years ago for Ennis, I don't think that winning it for the Joker would be a lesser honor. Acting is acting. The injustice would be that this would be his first and last Oscar, and it should be his second.

Jeff Wrangler:

--- Quote from: Marge_Innavera on July 19, 2008, 04:06:16 pm ---However, if Heath is nominated for an Oscar for TDK, I won't be able to resist watching. And while I feel he should have won an Oscar two years ago for Ennis, I don't think that winning it for the Joker would be a lesser honor. Acting is acting. The injustice would be that this would be his first and last Oscar, and it should be his second.

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I won't waste my time watching. While I agree that winning for the Joker would not be a lesser honor, on the other hand, to be perfectly honest, my suspicious mind would--or will--never be able to escape the, well, suspicion that the very fact that Heath is dead influenced some voters, so the win would--or will--for me be, in some sense, tainted a bit.

optom3:

--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on July 19, 2008, 06:03:48 pm ---I won't waste my time watching. While I agree that winning for the Joker would not be a lesser honor, on the other hand, to be perfectly honest, my suspicious mind would--or will--never be able to escape the, well, suspicion that the very fact that Heath is dead influenced some voters, so the win would--or will--for me be, in some sense, tainted a bit.

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That is exactly how I feel. There would always be some small space in my head thinking it was a pity vote.Or sh-t we messed up last time, better get it right this time chaps.
The sad thing is that both Heaths acting and BBM will be discussed for ever down the line.
I think with TDK it will only be Heaths performance as the joker which is referred to.

Ellemeno:
I think Heath should have won for Ennis and BBM should have won for film.  But I'm going to keep watching the Oscars for the same reason I always have - it's fun.  Doesn't punish them if I don't watch them, I just miss out.

Someone who worked on one of his last movies with Heath said that when he wasn't on set, some of the time he was in his trailer watching films he would be asked to vote on as an Academy member.  I felt so good reading that - that Heath took his responsibility as a new voting member of AMPAS seriously.

fernly:
I'm not ever going to watch the Oscars again just for enjoyment. The multiple travesties of that year's voting ended it for me.
That said, if Heath is nominated, I'll watch for that part of the ceremony, and hope he wins.
Same as I'll watch if when the other leads in Brokeback are nominated for future roles.
But will a win for Heath redeem the Oscars, nope. Never.
Like others have said, only an apology and an acknowledgement of what really happened would make even a start at redeeming the Oscars...
and I'm not waiting on any pigs to start flying...or snowballs staying frozen in hell.

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