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in another thread, Shakran lists some well-known Academy Award winners:
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Kevin Spacey won best actor for American Beauty in which he played a pedophilliac, unfaithful husband who's main goal in life is to masturbate in the shower.
Anthony Hopkins won it for Silence of the Lambs in which he played a cannibalistic serial killer.
Michael Douglas won it for Wall Street in which he played a crooked stock trader who thought nothing of committing crimes and of destroying the lives of hundreds of workers so he could make a few bucks.
F. Murray Abraham won it for Amadeus in which he played a psychopathic musician who's sole goal in life was to kill Mozart.
Louise Fletcher won it for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in which she played a twisted nurse who's driving ambition was to psychologically torture the mental patients in her ward.
Marlon Brando won it for The Godfather in which he played the head of a massive crime family.
Liza Minelli won it for Cabaret in which she played a girlie club floozy who'd sleep with anyone to get what she wanted.
Joanne Woodward won it for The Three Faces of Eve, in which she played a mental patient.
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I think this list points to something about the glorification of sociopathology that has a powerful hold on our consumer culture.
The brief list is another entry point for those interested in delving into how we are being exploited by the types of material we are continually exposed to...under the deceptively misleading banner of "entertainment."
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