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Post by stephen on Oct 30, 2018 21:33:39 GMT
Not even remotely comparable. LaVona Golden isn't a saint, but Lynne Cheney is far more controversial a figure, especially in regards to her husband's notoriety. Real-life figures who were unpleasant can be recognized and even win, but rarely do they do so when their subjects are still alive. EDIT: It should also be noted that unless you were a die-hard(ing) fan of Tonya Harding who followed her career, you didn't know who her mother was or the toxic influence she had. So people weren't watching I, Tonya with a preconceived idea of LaVona Golden. They only saw a chain-smoking, scene-stealing Allison Janney with a bird on her shoulder. I think you might be over emphasizing Lynne Cheney's notoriety, her husband sure, but she's never really been a notorious figure by herself, not even to the degree say Pat Nixon was.
I should note, I don't think Adams is likely to win at this point either. But I don't think it is unbelievable based on the role alone. After all it didn't stop Julianne Moore from winning the Emmy, for playing a far more notorious Republican in terms of public perception.
I actually think that up until Game Change, Palin was ridiculed as being an idiot more than anything else, and Moore's portrayal of her focused more on a poor woman out of her depth than anything else. It wasn't until afterward that you started to see the real toxicity associated with Palin bubble to the surface. But I take your point. I'd also argue that Moore had the harder job of having to find the sympathetic edge to a person people considered a buffoon, whereas I don't think Vice will be trying to seek out the humanity in its characters, especially as Adams won't have nearly the amount of screentime that Moore had. |
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