10 Ridiculous Reasons Why Oscar Voters Picked Their Winners
5. Best Supporting Actress Goes To Lupita Nyongo To Avoid Institutionalising Jennifer Lawrence
Moving on to a 2014 voter from the public relations branch of the Academy, you have a genuine member of the most famous film awards body in the world giving away Oscars like candy, treating the whole affair like a popularity contest where Steve McQueen is denied a vote because he seems rude and where Richard Linklater almost gets one just for being "likeable". The most notable thing about this voter (aside from the revelation that they abstained from voting in the short film categories - despite being sent screeners of all the films by post - because "life's too short") is the thought process behind their pick for Best Supporting Actress. For this voter, the Oscar goes to Lupita Nyong'o not just because she "acted like a movie star" at various awards events, but because picking Jennifer Lawrence to win could be potentially dangerous. "We can't give everything to Jennifer Lawrence when she's 22-years-old because Jennifer Lawrence will be institutionalised", is what actually came out of this voter's mouth. Lawrence will have had too much too soon, this voter says, and it'll only cause Lawrence to "lose her mind."
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