EW’s Nominated for Nothing returns to highlight last year’s best movies snubbed by the Oscars.
Theyre destined to score zero Academy Awards, but they won our hearts throughout 2019.
The film:DirectorJordan Peeles follow-up to his Oscar-winning debutGet Outgot much more imaginative in its horror.
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They are the Tethered, and they are doppelgangers.
It is heavily implied that Jason and Pluto underwent a similar switch at some point.
That may have stayed the Academys hand from nominating her again.
Nyongo imbued12 Years a Slaves Patsey with grit and grace, but she was still an overly-familiar slave character.
That took a focus that was depleting.
I never had my scene partner there.
They change your chemistry.
It becomes this human exchange.
It becomes a living, breathing thing.
I had to create that in my own absence.
Uswas also thematically of a piece withother acclaimed 2019 films that took aim at class conflict.
Other films this year also examined class dynamics from different angles but with the same basic ideas in mind.
Some, likeLorene ScafariasHustlers, were similarly nominated for nothing.
Others, likeParasiteand Todd PhillipsJoker, could do very well on Oscar night.
You never know what might be lurking in the dark, hungry for vengeance.
