Why do people don't want Brendan Fraser's precursor to win the Oscar this year
The public loves the actor, but his film inspired a lot of negative comments.
We are now in the awards season, with the big conclusion - the Academy Awards - Place du 12 March. Even before the announcement of this year's appointments, Brendan Fraser is a frontrunner of the Oscars For the best actor for his role in The whale . But, while criticisms and viewers praised the performance of Fraser and respecting the actor's return story, the film itself received severe criticism.
Many have accused the Darren Aronofsky The film as offensive and fatphobe and are not happy to see The whale Celebrated in any way, as much as they may want to see Fraser succeed. Read the rest to find out more about the film, the backlash it is generated and the race for complicated Oscars of this year.
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The whale was controversial from the start.
In The whale- which is based on a 2012 piece by Samuel D. Hunter —Fraser plays the role of Charlie, a man of 600 pounds, who cries the loss of his partner and lives with a handicap in his last days. The co-stars of the film Sadie Sink , who plays her distant teenage daughter, and Hong Chau , who plays his goalkeeper and his friend. The film marks a major return for The Mummy Star, who worked frequently as a leading man in the 90s and early 2000s, but who had retreated from the industry in recent years to treat Some personal problems . AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
Previously, the film was even released, the criticisms went to social networks to denounce the use of a "big costume" and prostheses to Fraser. A Twitter user wrote In July 2022, "I even don't care what" Whale "is. They threw Brendan Fraser as a title character and put it in a big costume. The title is" The Whale ". promise that it is fatphobe like [explanive]. "
The director defended the cast of Fraser.
In an interview of December 2022 with Yahoo!, Director Aronofsky said , "The actors use makeup since the start of the action - this is one of their tools. And the lengths we have gone to represent the realism of makeup have never been done before." He continued: “People with obesity are generally written as bad guys or as punchlines. We wanted to create a fully elaborate character who has bad parts about him and good parts about him ... So [the controversy] makes no sense for me. Brendan Fraser is the right actor to play this role, and the film is an empathy exercise. ""
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The whale was accused of "perpetuating] hatred against big people".
It was not only the transformation of Fraser that upset the public. Many also found the fault of the intrigue of the film and its representation of Charlie. It is often shown to eat fast food and excess snacks, including in an excessive long and graphic food scene. He will not leave the house or turn on his camera for the online writing lessons he teaches. He is depressed and refuses medical treatment, even if he said that his life was in danger. Charlie is also reprimanded for his size by other characters, including his daughter.
In a article for Lawyer entitled "What is to look at The whale As a big person, "writer Yael Tygiel says the film "perpetuates hatred against big people and maintains that they should not exist".
"As a big person, I found The whale An intentional shame devastating intentional fat, "she continues.
Many others have spoken on social networks.
On social networks, people have expressed that even if they wanted to take root to brother in his career, they cannot root The whale.
One The Twitter user wrote , "When you want nothing other than the best for Brendan Fraser, but think that the whale should never be praised on all kinds of prize ceremony." Another said "I really want to be happy for the return of Brendan Fraser, because I really love him as an actor. It's so disgusting that it is on the back of the big people who are once again described as Sad and grotesque individuals without self -control. The whale is a harmful film. "
Share a similar feeling, Someone else wrote , "I really like Brendan Fraser, but the whale is such a raw, [explanive] thing to do. Person tweeted , "See Brendan Fraser being praised for his role in the whale is a slap in the face of big people."
"Hey Pals, I like Brendan Fraser," A Twitter user wrote . "Do not forget that your big friends have shown discomfort and justified anger for the use of obesity in the whale. We can support man and always be super pissed off by the fatphobia involved. Rewards and rewards and rewards and rewards. Speeches only add to the punch. "
Fraser has just won a major prize for its performance.
While The whale is far from universally loved, he always has his fans (he has A 66% approval rating On Rotten Tomatoes), and Fraser's work has been rented in particular. He has already been nominated for a certain number of prizes for cinema criticism associations and other groups. On Sunday, January 15, he won the 'Choice Award's best actor's criticism. He is also nominated for the next Screen Actors Guild prices and was nominated at the Golden Globes, loser of Elvis Star Austin Butler .
Oscar appointments will be announced on January 24 and Fraser should appear on the list of the best players. The other best contenders include Colin Farrell to The Banshees of Inisherin , Butler, and Bill Night to Life.
