As we do every year on this here blog, Oscar nominations lead to my Case Of series. What are they? Glad you asked. These are 35 posts covering the nominees for Picture, Director, and the four acting contests. For each one, I give you the case for the movie/director/actor winning and the case against it with a verdict tidying it up. It’s like a trial, but no one goes to prison.
It began with the ten BP contenders and now it alternates alphabetically between the hopefuls in the five other big races. Today we arrive at our second performer in Best Supporting Actress and that’s Danielle Brooks in Blitz Bazawule’s The Color Purple. Let’s get to it!
Previous Oscar Acting Nominations:
None
The Case for Danielle Brooks:
The role of Sofia in other Color Purple iterations earned Oprah Winfrey an Oscar nomination nearly four decades ago and nabbed Brooks a Tony nod when she played it on Broadway almost a decade back. Her showy role was expected to generate awards attention and she got in at the four highest profiles precursors (Globes, Critics Choice, SAG, BAFTA).
The Case Against Danielle Brooks:
The Orange is the New Black cast member lost the Globe and Critics Choice to Da’Vine Joy Randolph in The Holdovers. Furthermore, Purple has not been the Academy player that Warner Bros. hoped for. Brooks marks the picture’s sole nomination.
The Verdict:
Before Purple underperformed on the circuit, Brooks sat atop the projections of most prognosticators (include this one). She’s second or third now – definitely behind Randolph and probably Emily Blunt in Oppenheimer.
My Case Of posts will continue with Robert De Niro in Killers of the Flower Moon…
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