Word: exhibit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Exhibit A--The Rushmore Debacle: Bill Murray's performance in Rushmore is not only uproarious but finally an example of Murray's (usually latent) virtuosity. He combines his characteristic bitterness with a tinge of both pathetic sentimentality and self-awareness. The result is comic perfection. Despite numerous critics' awards, the Oscars passed him over. Which is fine--only if the Academy truly believed he was undeserving. But Rushmore didn't receive a single nominations. (I mean, for goodness sakes, it lost out on a Best Screenplay nomination to Saving Private Ryan)--proof that the Academy just didn...
...Exhibit B--The Supporting Actress Nightmare: The list: Kathy Bates, Brenda Blethyn, Judi Dench, Rachel Griffiths and Lynn Redgrave. What were they thinking? Judi Dench was her usual curmudgeon self as Queen Elizabeth in Shakespeare in Love, but blink and you miss her. Brenda Blethyn ruined Little Voice, and Bates overplayed Libby in Primary Colors. (And where's Lisa Kudrow for The Opposite of Sex?) But look at the nominees again for this category--you'll notice something very interesting...
...Exhibit C--The Anglo-American War: The Oscars love to nominate Brits. Only they don't like to give them awards. In 1995, Sense and Sensibility racked up an overwhelming number of nominations. And then it lost in virtually every single category (to Braveheart, an American made pseudo-British film). In 1992, Marisa Tomei beat out four British actresses for her Supporting Actress Oscar. In 1997, Frances McDormand beat out a host of British actress for her Oscar--she was on screen for less than half of Fargo. But the best example came in 1998, when Helen Hunt beat...
...remaining three photographers diversified the exhibit's themes of loss and separation. Dara Young Cho '00, a VES concentrator, presented portraits of Vietnamese families who have immigrated to America. While all the images show the subjects "at home," the essence of separation in her work lies in the fact that these children, grandmothers, brothers and fathers are all thousands of miles from their homeland. Three siblings sit in front of stylized American wallpaper, but above their heads are paintings and family portraits in Vietnam. One wife sits with her husband on their couch digging her bare toes into the carpet...
Vanko Vankov rounded out the group of artists with his 3-D contribution to the exhibit. A brightly painted coffin filled with fresh flowers was the focal point of the room's center thanks to the sophomore's efforts. His bio added a bit of levity to the show as well. "Vanko Vankov was born in 1978 in Bulgaria," it read "He hopes to live forever; the coffin he made is for someone else...