#its giving media illiteracy babes x

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stephanie hsu imo absolutely deserved the win over jamie lee curtis BUT to reduce jlc's role in eeaao to just "irs lady" is pretty much a willful misunderstanding of her character's role in the film imo. sure, deirdre starts out as simply the antagonistic irs lady. but over the course of the film her relationship with evelyn across the multiverses serves as a direct reflection of evelyn's growth, and i think it's a beautiful evolution where two opposing forces learn to see each other with kindness and compassion. it shows that the kindness that waymond inspires in evelyn extends beyond just family; at the end of the day deirdre is human too and deserves the same grace and compassion as anybody. she is a necessary and MEANINGFUL character and jlc acted her fucking ass off. and while i and many others clearly preferred stephanie hsu's acting and saw her as the heart and soul of the film, i do think it's blatantly reductive and a little bit obtuse to tear down deirdre's character just because the actress got an award that a different actress arguably deserved more.

i guess this is all to say you can be critical of the academy's decision without being reductive. some of y'all are doing too much and it really makes you look silly