Ep. 54 - 1983 Meryl Streep
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The year is 1983 and the nominees are:
1. Julie Andrews - Victor/Victoria
2. Jessica Lange - Frances
3. Sissy Spacek - Missing
4. Meryl Streep - Sophie’s Choice
5. Debra Winger - An Officer and a Gentleman
In 1983 Meryl Streep won her second Oscar for a performance that is regarded as one of the greatest of all time in Sophie’s Choice. Streep plays a Polish woman who survives the holocaust because she speaks German, French, English, and becomes an asset to the Nazi’s. Her biggest competition this evening was Jessica Lange for the movie Frances playing the late Frances Farmer. For the record, the real Frances Farmer never had a lobotomy. Julie Andrews was nominated for a gender bending role in the very gay friendly musical, Victor/Victoria. Sissy Spacek received her third Oscar notation for ‘Missing’ playing the wife of an idealistic American writer during the Chilean coup d’état in 1973. Debra Winger was nominated for her iconic role in An Officer and a Gentleman. Winger despises this movie and likes to deny she ever had any involvement (fair).
Join host Kyle Brownrigg with guest host Cathryn Naiker as they discuss.