Comments on: Javier Bardem’s Oscar Dedication http://crazymonkey909.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/javier-bardems-dedication/ Reviews, Criticism and Commentary Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:53:46 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: crazymonkey909 http://crazymonkey909.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/javier-bardems-dedication/#comment-51 crazymonkey909 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:48:06 +0000 http://crazymonkey909.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-51 Berry was the first black female to win an Oscar but not the first one to be <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Black_Academy_Award_winners_and_nominees#Best_Actress_in_a_Leading_Role" rel="nofollow">nominated</a> by any stretch. So it was a big step for Black American women historically. Most people would agree she came off as quite dramatic and hysterical. I think his speech was quite simple in comparison. I don't think I would have thought to link the two. It is a little funny that a majority of awards this year went to <a href="http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_British_French_and_Spanish_Oscar_Recipients_This_Time_Around_14441.html" rel="nofollow">foreign born nominees</a> Day-Lewis, Cotillard and Bardem. Berry was the first black female to win an Oscar but not the first one to be nominated by any stretch. So it was a big step for Black American women historically. Most people would agree she came off as quite dramatic and hysterical.

I think his speech was quite simple in comparison. I don’t think I would have thought to link the two. It is a little funny that a majority of awards this year went to foreign born nominees Day-Lewis, Cotillard and Bardem.

]]> By: abby normal http://crazymonkey909.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/javier-bardems-dedication/#comment-50 abby normal Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:51:14 +0000 http://crazymonkey909.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-50 Doing it for Spain seems a little over blown but somehow more believable than Halle Berry's acceptance speech "for every nameless, faceless woman of colour that now has a chance because this door tonight has been opened." Doing it for Spain seems a little over blown but somehow more believable than Halle Berry’s acceptance speech “for every nameless, faceless woman of colour that now has a chance because this door tonight has been opened.”

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