From: utzoo!watmath!bstempleton
Newsgroups: net.movies
Title: Re: What kind of Oscar would you give to Billy from Year of Living Dangerously
Article-I.D.: watmath.4901
Posted: Sat Apr  9 19:26:41 1983
Received: Sun Apr 10 00:19:30 1983
References: rocheste.1181

Actually, I think the main reason for the seperate oscars is based on the
idea of the romantic movie.  Just about every film was about men, but
there was usually a female who played the love interest of the male star.

On rare occasions it was the other way around.  Even today there are lots
more male dominated movies than female dominated ones, although films with
equal ratios are more common.  It's still common practice for the female
star with the largest role in a mostly male movie to get top billing right
after the main male star, even if her role is much smaller than several of
the "supporting actors".  Still, I'm all for abolishing the categories