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Julianne Moore’s success can be attributed to her constant desire to defy norms. She began her professional journey in soap operas and could have easily sustained a successful career in that genre. However, she chose to challenge herself by transitioning to film. While she could have continued to thrive in the types of roles she was being offered, such as in popular but mindless films like “Body of Evidence” and “The Hand that Rocks the Cradle,” she instead sought out opportunities to work with critically acclaimed directors like Paul Thomas Anderson and the Coen Brothers. This risk paid off, earning her an Academy Award.
It is possible that she may achieve another victory in the coming year. Moore’s remarkable and disturbing performance in Todd Haynes’s May December, where she portrays an older woman in a long-term relationship with a man she met when he was only 13 years old, has garnered numerous nominations and virtually secures an Oscar nomination. As a result, she has once again opted to shake things up.
In recent years, the main Oscar campaigns have focused on two categories. To increase your chances of winning an Oscar, you can either bore people with excessive talk about fully immersing yourself in a role (Lady Gaga did this for her role in House of Gucci a few years ago, and it seems that Bradley Cooper will do the same for his role in Maestro), or you can act like a contest winner. Richard E Grant and Ke Huy Quan are prime examples of the latter, enthusiastically trying to impress with exaggerated emotions in hopes of appearing as genuine Hollywood fans rather than overly excited children.
However, this method is becoming outdated, which is why Moore has chosen to change things up. If Julianne Moore is determined to win an Oscar, then she will do so with a spiteful attitude.
At a recent event with the cast of May December at the 92nd Street Y, Moore was posed with a significant inquiry regarding foods they find perplexing. “Mashed potatoes. What’s the appeal? It’s just a formless mass. It’s just mush!” Moore exclaimed. “But people adore it, they can’t get enough of it, even though it’s just mashed mush.”
It should be noted that Moore has a long-standing distaste for mashed potatoes. This sentiment was first expressed five years ago during the promotion of George Clooney’s Suburbicon, when she passionately declared her dislike for mashed potatoes and even began referring to herself in the third person in order to downplay the intensity of her aversion. “Julianne Moore does not enjoy mashed potatoes!” she exclaimed. “It is her least favorite thing.”
Let’s face it, you secretly hope that Moore will win an Oscar a little bit more now, don’t you? Even if you’re a fan of mashed potatoes. Even if you’re the biggest defender of mashed potatoes in the world. The fact that Moore has dedicated so much time to criticizing mashed potatoes, even though they aren’t a major theme in May December, is actually quite charming.
The current concern is what will occur in the future. The Oscars are still several months away, so there is apprehension that Moore may have started too strong with her strong opposition to mashed potatoes and will lose steam before the actual ceremony. From my perspective, she has a few options. One option is to fully delve into her distaste for mashed potatoes, potentially participating in a few Longform podcast interviews where she can discuss the origins and persistence of her bold stance against them.
Her second goal is to publicly confront and conquer her intense dislike for mashed potatoes. She hopes to achieve this by gradually building up to an appearance on The Tonight Show, where she will confidently eat a pot of mashed potatoes with a plastic fork while Jimmy Fallon reacts dramatically.
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But the approach I’d choose, however, is to just keep picking stuff to slag off without explanation. Maybe next time Moore speaks in public, she can clear her throat and announce her disdain for hats. Or she could stop at a premiere and inform a red carpet interviewer that she’s always wanted to punch a horse in the face. When the Oscar luncheon comes around, maybe she can hold a placard reading ALL CANDLES CAN PISS OFF.
Her rivals are likely aware of their current predicament. A retaliatory response could occur at any time. Unless Emily Blunt publicly expresses her disdain for envelopes or Da’Vine Joy Randolph tweets about her immense distaste for trees, it is safe to say that Julianne Moore will win the Oscar.
Source: theguardian.com
