"But the won't list is also easy to compile because it ultimately houses almost everyone who acted in a movie over the past year. Twenty performances are selected for the Oscars annually, and given the other high-profile awards bodies with additional preferences, category numbers and a never-complete overlap with the Academy, let's say about 40 are in the broader competition of real possibilities."
"But there are so many more great performances every year than that, across all sizes, scopes and genres. They're not all in equally great movies, and they don't all fit into the Academy's collective imagination of what constitutes the best work of any given year. Even as that organization has grown a bit more adventurous, there will always be individual performances that simply didn't have much of a chance for any number of reasons: release date, box office, critical support, genre biases and so on."
"It's possible to buck the status quo, whether it's as an awards voter looking beyond the most-hyped contenders, or simply as a viewer looking for something interesting to watch on a Friday night. So read this rundown of the year's overlooked-by-awards performances, then, as suggestions for last-minute consideration from Academy members or, more likely, recommendations from looking at great acting from some different angles before settling in for the usual annual horserace."
Every awards season narratives coalesce well before nominations are announced. The Academy Awards nominate only a small number of performances compared with the volume of acting work released each year. Twenty performances are selected for the Oscars annually, and factoring in other awards bodies and category differences yields roughly forty realistic contenders. Many outstanding performances go unrecognized because of release dates, box office performance, limited critical attention, and genre biases. The Academy's tastes have broadened somewhat, yet individual performances still often lack a viable path to nomination. Voters and viewers can actively seek out overlooked work and expand recognition beyond the usual frontrunners.
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