The Taxi Driver: She's a terrible actress and didn't win American Idol so she can't be that great of a singer!
I didn't watch Jennifer Hudson's season on American Idol but if she lost during the voting competition (after the final 24 have been selected) that just means America didn't like
her. This girl has some amazing pipes and can belt out ballads with the best of them (i.e. her performance on stage with Beyonce) but this doesn't necessarily translate to gaining votes on AI. You have to have stage presence and a personality to hang tough and back then I don't think she had either which cost her a chance to win. Now she knows who she is and where she stands but....
...I strongly believe the Academy made a huge mistake when they even
thought of nominating her for an Oscar. Hudson's performance as a singer in the film was out of this world but as an actress she's still a little green. Giving her an award at such an early stage in her career puts her in an awkward position: down the road she might give a better performance but will be overlooked during Oscar season because she's already won once.
Hudson winning an Academy Award proves that the MPAA voters are motivated by (lower case p)olitics and not by performances. The fact that Scorcese won Best Director for "The Departed" and the film went on to win Best Picture was partly due to his talent but mostly because he was overlooked multiple times in the past for far better films ("Raging Bull," "Goodfellas"). The Academy felt so pressured to vote for him this year that "The Departed" could have had the worst reviews from critics and fans alike and he still would have won.
The
real reason networks fight to broadcast the Academy Awards is to hawk the latest fashion in-between high-end commercials so the company can maximize their profits for the year. Television is a business. Film is a business. Both don't have anything to do with displaying cinematic art. It's sad but true.
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