Why does Leslie Browne get sh!t for her Oscar nomination?

But Mikhail Baryshnikov gets a free pass?

A lot of the comments here have been about Browne's undeserved win. Well, what about Baryshnikov? His nomination is equally undeserved, too. Perhaps even more so. He really didn't do anything in the film besides dance -- I was waiting for him to have his big Oscar moment, but it never came -- and when he did have some dialog, his delivery was very amateurish. At least Browne had several scenes in which her character was given some depth (i.e. the confrontation with her mom), and the part where she got drunk with those out-of-towners in the bar and the scene immediately after during the performance was very good. But except for one or two interactions here and there, we didn't get to know Yuri. The character was borderline cameo. I was more impressed by the kid who played the brother Ethan. Now, he did a lot with what little screen time he had. That part where he did the faceplant in class was very believable. I cringed in pain for him.

I'm guessing the majority of posters here are female and are simply giving Baryshnikov a free pass because of his great physique and good looks.

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