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Samuel L. Jackson Claims Strange Film Editing May Have Cost Him Academy Award Consideration (deadline.com)
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Samuel L. Jackson believes that excessive editing ruined a performance that was worthy of Oscar consideration. In a new Vulture profile, Jackson said he thought his performance in Joel Schumacher&#…

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[–] Didros@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you, I can never remember her name. Costume design is only recently starting to become valued as well I feel. Are there other areas where women struggle to be recognized in the industry? I assume stunt work is a big one.

[–] freamon@endlesstalk.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Casting and Editing are the biggies, I think. Obviously there's also the struggle for women to get the roles that are valued (e.g. Director)

[–] Didros@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What about careers on the fringes like speech coaches for actors and things like that. Do we ever actually praise those people? Wouldn't be surprised to learn that was majority women too.

[–] freamon@endlesstalk.org 2 points 1 year ago

There's likely something in that. The reason why Rebecca Ferguson has a wonky accent in SILO (to use a recent example) isn't Ferguson's fault, it's the producers not investing the time or money in getting her coached.