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From: rossen@uiucdcs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Linda Hunt wins - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 13-Apr-84 11:03:00 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr 13 11:03:00 1984
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Nf-From: uiucdcs!rossen    Apr 13 10:03:00 1984

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uiucdcs!rossen    Apr 13 10:03:00 1984

YES!! YES!! HOORAY for Linda Hunt!!!
 
This is the only award about which I had anything like a strong feeling this
year.  I suppose it really shows what an impact her performance had that,
even several days before the ceremony, the feeling in her favor was becoming
so strong that some of the predictors and oddsmakers (most notably whoever
it is that does such things for PARADE magazine) had placed her as a 2-1
co-favorite with Cher.  All the wimpy "entertainment corresopndents"
(has anyone else been repelled by this new glorified term for TV gossip
reporters?) were saying 'til the last minute that, as much as Hunt deserved 
the award, she wouldn't get it because not enough people in Hollywood had really
seen the movie.  Serves them right -- THEY probably hadn't seen the movie
themselves (presumably busy with junk like "Two of a Kind") and probably 
assumed that she "deserved" it for playing a man and a dwarf.

Again, Bravissimo, Linda!!  I loved both "The Year of Living" and her
performance.  Too bad the movie didn't get recognized for its score, which
was one of the main elements of this picture's magic.
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Ken in Champaign
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