Originally posted by: fazgostoso
Alia is like the best actress of the century. Even better than Meryl Streep and Cher.
It's a conspiracy.
Cher is not considered a barometer of acting. I know in the other thread I said she was considered a better actor than Madonna but that's true for just about everyone. No ones considers Cher a great actress. Her Oscar for Moonstruck was because of her popularity and that alone, not her performance. Other actresses said even before the nominations that they knew she would win.
As for Meryl Streep, she's really not that talented but she's the perfect example of somebody who used PR to create this image that she's the most gifted actress ever. In many ways Alia being the Indian Meryl Streep isn't that far off because both have exploited the system to manipulate perceptions. The most famous film critic of the time, Pauline Kael, hated Streep and thought she was all about technique and no passion. Was not believable in any role because it was obvious she was trying too hard and is basically the same in every movie, with the same tics and mannerisms, except she's got a different accent. The only thing that changes about her is the accent.
Streep came into film at a time when Hollywood had a dearth of roles for women so she was able to shine in supporting roles and gradually become a lead actress because there was little to no competition. Women's roles in the 70s/80s were considered horrendous and actresses back then used to watch performances from the 30s/40s/50s to see powerful women onscreen in strong roles. Hollywood was embracing Streep as the greatest talent of her generation just after supporting roles in 2 films and to top it off, part of the reason was because she wasn't considered a beauty. Very plain and ordinary looking which helped her reputation as a serious actress. When she tried to play a bombshell, she flopped miserably. Had she debuted in the 30s/40s/50s, she would never have become anything more than a side actress. Her star image has been carefully cultivated in the media as being the greatest actress of all time, when all of her contemporaries are just as talented as her if not moreso. She's taken advantage of being considered the only woman in Hollywood which has often irked her contemporaries and even younger actresses who say that it's unfair that a variety of male actors are allowed to exist but Streep is treated like the only woman in Hollywood. This is why she has the most acting nominations at the Oscars but only 2 Best Actress wins. Another factor was serial predator, Harvey Weinstein, who put her in all his prestige films and there's a reason that when he was jailed, the nominations and films stopped coming for her.
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