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...CANDIDATE] COLIN POWELL FORMER CHAIRMAN OF JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF [SIGN OF RUNNING] No real ones, as usual [PLAUSIBILITY FACTOR] He's the colossus of the field--if he wants it [WANTS TO REMIND US OF:] Colin Powell [ACTUALLY REMINDS US OF:] Hamlet...
Nominees: The Crucible; The English Patient; Hamlet; Sling Blade; Trainspotting...
...with Secrets & Lies, I have no idea what Hamlet is doing here, since Kenneth Branagh preened so much over not altering Shakespeare's text. Arthur Miller is a hard name to ignore, but the Academy and the public have found it in them to ignore The Crucible altogether. Not enough people understood the accents in Trainspotting to know if the script was any good. That leaves The English Patient and Sling Blade, both of which created complex characters and entire communities, and both of which have key support from the massive actors' branch...
Only after eating spoonfuls of dog food and reciting Hamlet with a Scottish accent did the Academy Award-winning actor receive the Hasty Pudding Theatricals' annual prize...
INCEST THEME IN HAMLET...