Not all 160,000 or so members of the actors union SAG-AFTRA are additionally members of the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences, however the overwhelming majority of the 1,302 actors who’re voting members of the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences are members of SAG-AFTRA. That being the case, Sunday evening’s SAG Awards ceremony bodes extraordinarily nicely for the Oscar evening prospects of Every little thing In all places All at As soon as, which was already trying just like the prohibitive Oscar frontrunner on the heels of claiming the highest prizes of the Critics Selection Affiliation, the Administrators Guild of America and the Producers Guild of America, amongst others.
Certainly, on the SAG Awards, 4 of the 5 film-specific awards have been received by members of the Every little thing In all places solid: not simply the 2 that have been seen as slam-dunks entering into to the evening — finest ensemble and finest supporting actor for Ke Huy Quan (making him the primary Asian actor to ever win a SAG Award for a efficiency in a movie by a person, versus an ensemble) — but in addition two that weren’t: finest actress for Michelle Yeoh, beating out Tár‘s Cate Blanchett in what was all the time considered an in depth contest, and finest supporting actress for Jamie Lee Curtis, a surprising upset over presumed favourite Angela Bassett of Black Panther: Wakanda Without end (who had beforehand received Critics Selection and Golden Globe awards, which have been voted upon by organizations of journalists).
Final 12 months, all 4 particular person SAG Award winners repeated on the Oscars, and the winner of the perfect ensemble SAG Award — which isn’t explicitly a “best picture” honor, however is commonly handled as one — went on to win finest image. However there may be often at the least one discrepancy between the winners. And when the SAG Awards and the Oscars do differ, it’s, it should be acknowledged, typically the results of the members of SAG-AFTRA, a extra various group, choosing an individual of coloration, solely to have the members of the Academy then choose another person.
Current examples embody the SAG Award going to Chadwick Boseman for Ma Rainey’s Black Backside however the Oscar going to Anthony Hopkins for The Father, the SAG Award going to Viola Davis for Ma Rainey’s Black Backside however the Oscar going to Frances McDormand for Nomadland, the SAG Award going to Denzel Washington for Fences however the Oscar going to Casey Affleck for Manchester by the Sea, the SAG Award going to Idris Elba for Beasts of No Nation however the Oscar going to Mark Rylance for Bridge of Spies and the SAG Award going to Viola Davis for The Assist however the Oscar going to Meryl Streep for The Iron Woman.
On condition that historical past, it is perhaps untimely to imagine that Yeoh will repeat on the Oscars, and it is perhaps further important that Curtis managed to outpace Bassett (to not point out Curtis’ personal co-star, Stephanie Hsu).
An early trace of enthusiasm for Curtis got here in the course of the opening of the present — the primary main award present ever to be streamed, this 12 months on Netflix’s YouTube channel, and subsequent 12 months on the streamer’s personal platform — when the digital camera arrived at her for her “…and I’m an actor” story, and he or she acquired large applause earlier than she might even open her mouth.
Within the one movie class through which Every little thing In all places was not represented, finest actor, it was actually notable that Fraser, the veteran, held off Elvis breakout Austin Butler, in what seems to be a neck-and-neck race between the 2 to the Oscar. Butler had defeated Fraser to win the perfect drama actor Golden Globe, however Fraser beat Butler to win the Critics Selection and now SAG awards. This class, to me, nonetheless feels up for grabs, on condition that the Academy clearly embraced Elvis (eight nominations, together with finest image) significantly greater than The Whale (three nominations, finest image not amongst them).
All the winners, of their acceptance speeches, hit key “talking points” that they want on Academy members minds when the ultimate spherical of Oscar voting commences on Wednesday. Fraser reminded those that he has solely lately returned from the wilderness (“Believe me, if you just stay in there, you’ll get where you want to go”) and referred to his half in The Whale as “the role of my life” (learn: that is most likely the perfect shot I’ll ever have). Yeoh, who could be the primary Asian-identifying actress to ever win the perfect actress Oscar, famous the historic nature of her candidacy (“This is not just for me, this is for every little girl who looks like me … thank you for giving me a seat at the table”), as did Quan, who additionally reminded folks of the feel-good story of his return to performing after twenty years away from the career (“To all those at home who are watching, who are struggling and waiting to be seen, please keep on going, because the spotlight will one day find you”). And Curtis, after the standing ovation for her win died down, stared down the elephant within the room and charmed the gang: “I know you look at me and think, ‘Well, nepo baby, that’s why she’s there,’ and I totally get it. But the truth of the matter is I’m 64 years old and this just amazing.”
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