Hollywood: Bastion Of 'Hate-Americanism'

Insight Magazine ^ | 11-25-2002 | Ralph de Toledano

[job]

point is there are a number of people who got an oscar who, reviewing their whole life's work, are not actors of note.

Ahem.

[Wondervixen]

Receiving two oscars really means nothing. It's her peers patting her on the back, essentially, so don't go making her oscars out to be anything greater than twice chewed bubble gum. It's only as illustrous as the peer pool that bestows it on you and the wishy washy crowd in Hollyweird at this point in time can't hold a candle to the greats that preceeded them.

[Endeavor]

The point is whether she is "an actress of no particular distinction." She is an actress of particular distinction as evidenced by two Oscars, multiple nominations for Oscars, successful films, her own production company, and various other awards for her body of work.

Stating that she's "an actress of no particular distinction" leads me to believe that the author makes that judgement based on the fact that she's not as well known as some Hollywood stars. The key here is who gets to define distinction. The author of this article uses the term as it is widely defined - someone with accomplishments. She has accrued significant accomplishments in her field whether she deserved them or not.

We may not like her political views, but in my opinion, the author loses credibility by characterizing her as "an actress of no particular distinction." Perhaps that's more charitable, however, than being an actor or actress of "particular distinction" such as the likes of Alec Baldwin, Barbra Streisand, or Martin Sheen. ;>)