Oh go shit in your hat! Morgan Freeman is one of the best actors in
the United States and calling him Stepin Fetchit is an insult!

--- In sarahpolleyfanclub@yahoogroups.com, David Bales
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> The Academy Awards ceased being interesting about 25
> years ago. Who gets nominated for an Oscar these days
> anyway? Morgan Freeman doing his shuffling Stepin
> Fetchit routine? Clint Eastwood for the millionth
> time? With a few exceptions, (Charlize Theron being
> one) the Oscars are dead as the dodo. If you care
> whether Sarah Polley is nominated for an Oscar or not,
> this forum isn't for you. Better off joining the
> Julia Roberts fan club.
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> > There are 6 messages in this issue.
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> > Topics in this digest:
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> > 1. Re: Digest Number 641
> > From: Doug <ravenheart02@r...>
> > 2. Re: When's Sarah going to DO SOMETHING?
> > From: Julien Houle
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> > 3. Re: When's Sarah going to DO SOMETHING?
> > From: maestroshelly98
> > 4. Poetry Corner: "Make the Pie Higher" by
> > George W. Bush
> > From: "jchopwood" <jchopwood@y...>
> > 5. Re: When's Sarah going to DO SOMETHING?
> > From: "jchopwood" <jchopwood@y...>
> > 6. Re: When's Sarah going to DO SOMETHING?
> > From: "jchopwood" <jchopwood@y...>
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> > Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 18:24:41 -0500 (EST)
> > From: Doug <ravenheart02@r...>
> > Subject: Re: Digest Number 641
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> > I'm glad she hasn't gone Hollywood.I prefer she keep
> > doing what she's doing.
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> > sarahpolleyfanclub@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> > There are 2 messages in this issue.
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> > Topics in this digest:
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> > 1. When's Sarah going to DO SOMETHING?
> > From: "Gabriel Oak"
> > 2. Re: HAPPY BOXING DAY, SARAH!!!
> > From: "Gabriel Oak"
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> > Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 16:57:46 -0000
> > From: "Gabriel Oak"
> > Subject: When's Sarah going to DO SOMETHING?
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> > F#@%! She's going to be 27 years old in a few days.
> > Brando had his
> > first Oscar nomination by then, and Bette Davis
> > already had TWO
> > Academy Awards under her belt. When is she going to
> > GROW UP, GO
> > HOLLYWOOD, and f#@%ing MAKE SOMETHING OF HERSELF?
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> > Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 16:55:34 -0000
> > From: "Gabriel Oak"
> > Subject: Re: HAPPY BOXING DAY, SARAH!!!
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> > Swine!
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> > --- In sarahpolleyfanclub@yahoogroups.com,
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> > > I HOPE YOUR BOX WAS PUT TO GOOD USE, he said, with
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> > From: Julien Houle <julienrjhoule@y...>
> > Subject: Re: When's Sarah going to DO SOMETHING?
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> > I've been reading these posts for a long time now
> > and this is the first time I've been inclined to
> > respond, not so much because the other posts aren't
> > worthy, but that this one is just shocking in its
> > artistic ignorance.
> >
> > Since when does an Oscar nomination determine
> > personal and professional success? I'm sure it's a
> > thrill to get one, I can only imagine, but at the
> > same time, it doesn't equate "making something" of
> > one's self.
> >
> > Along your line of thought, this would mean that
> > actresses like Jennifer Jason Leigh, or Tilda
> > Swinton, or Lili Taylor are professional failures.
> >
> > I simply don't understand how someone would
> > actively encourage a good actress with intellectual
> > sensibilities to "go Hollywood." That's like telling
> > a good writer to write for Cosmo because it pays
> > better. Hollywood refers to its movies as "product."
> > It's a product made for profit, with actors as
> > talking heads. I'll never forget watching Lili
> > Taylor in "The Haunting"... Here is this amazing
> > actress, playing this caricature of a mentally
> > troubled woman. What's the point? The movie bombed,
> > the critics destroyed it, and nobody remembers it.
> >
> > And for the record, Polley has definitely given
> > performances in the past that could have been
> > nominated with the proper studio backing behind it,
> > like "The Sweet Hereafter" or "My Life Without Me"
> > (maybe even "The Event"). I'm sorry if this is a
> > rambling post, but I was just honestly stunned that
> > people still think Hollywood is "the" place to make
> > movies. It's the place to get paid, not act.
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> > Actors who specialize in Hollywood movies have an
> > expiry date. Actors like Polley are artists. She's
> > more than made something of herself... As proof,
> > here we are, discussing her career. And she's not
> > even thirty.
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> > Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 03:10:09 -0000
> > From: maestroshelly98
> > Subject: Re: When's Sarah going to DO SOMETHING?
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> > I agree completely. Sarah's amazing. Her talent
> > speaks for itself (not
> > just as an actress, but as a writer/director as well
> > (case in point:
> > 'I Shout Love')). I think Julian nailed it when he
> > said, "Hollywood is
> > 'the' place to get paid, not act."
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> > But then, if you think about it a little, Sarah
> > already sort of "went
> > Hollywood" when she made 'Dawn of the Dead' in 2004.
> > (But then, in
> > true Sarah style, she turned around and went back to
> > doing indie
> > films.) Some find it hypocritical; I say it's no
> > different from her
> > doing 'Go' in 1998/99 (which managed to find its way
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