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Succession reunion 🥰
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Curious what you think about this. Obviously he's not as big a name as Jacob Elordi, and Anna Torv is pretty known after The Last of Us and all that, but I feel like he's become a much more known name in the last couple years? AACTAs, Critics Choice, general attention for the newsreader and IWTV....
Mmm, I don't think it's necessarily about how big the name is - I just mentioned it in my last post, but Felix Cameron won last year as a virtual newcomer, and he won over Sam Neill, Brendan Cowell and Rob Collins, who are all very beloved stars, and Sam's obviously famous internationally too - but I do think that it plays a role.
I think to say that that's the only reason though oversimplifies things. I'd say the Narrow Road sweep is the product of a few things:
Australia has a very big cultural attachment to WWI and WWII for reasons that it would take me far too long to explain, haha. Put as simply as possible (and as I mentioned the other day), WWI is the first time Australia had it's own army, so there's really complex national baggage with it, which is extended to WWII. As a result, stories about WWI and WWII tend to do really well and it's really all pretty twisted up in Australia's colonial identity, which means those stories are generally going to be awarded.
Australia has intense youngest-sibling energy as a country, whether that's because of how comparatively-late the country was colonised, the fact that we're not a republic, or our status as a middle power or all three is anyone's guess, but the result is attention and accolades from the US and Europe tend to result in things and people getting awarded and rewarded. The AACTAs are not immune to that by any stretch of the imagination. Narrow Road got international attention, not just as a show but as a book - it won the Man Booker Prize in 2014. Jacob's Globe nomination for this show, and his Oscar nomination for Frankenstein would've helped too.
It looks and feels like a prestige show that Should Be Awarded, and Justin Kurzel is a prestige director.
It appeals to a very specific type of Australian machismo which The Newsreader and Dale specifically do not. That brand of machismo is literally what Kurzel makes movies/shows about and is a part of my issue with him, which I talked about way back in Feb last year here. Australian men in particular love that, and I imagine the male voters would have too.
The show does have good parts / was well made, even if I didn't like the whole.
And yes, the name recognition generally would've played a role, both for the show itself, and for Jacob.
Sam's definitely become a bigger name, but he's also still coming into it on what are two fairly niche shows. Jacob's had widespread hits at this point, between Euphoria and Frankenstein. It's disappointing that that would take priority, but it just is what it is, and unfortunately isn't all that surprising.
So Anna got an award for every season and Sam didn‘t get a single one? I hope he takes it as a sign to quit the Australian market. Didn‘t he turn down other opportunities to finish the full run of the Newsreader? Loyalty certainly doesn‘t pay off in this industry…
I mean, as an Australian, I don’t hope that.
It’s disappointing that he didn’t win, but even the nomination is an honour and is meaningful, and his performance stands up on its own and will do forever. I think The Newsreader is going to be remembered a lot longer than the tv-adaptation of Narrow Road, and it’s definitely had a greater cultural impact here, I’d say. No one’s owed a win, and it’s a shame that he lost all three times, but that’s all it is, y’know?
He’s a super talented actor, he’s still young, there are plenty of opportunities for him going forwards!
Anna Torv, Michelle Lim Davidson, and Daniel Henshall!
Jacob Eldordi winning….🙄
Who knows what's going on in his life outside of acting but I hope him not being there means he's either doing something for TVL that means good things, or that he's working on something else!
Yeah, I'm kind of curious as to why he wasn't there given he usually goes. Hopefully it's for happy reasons, like work or rest or travel, and not for unhappy ones.
Bruce Beresford 😭
Ugh i feel like they just picked the current popular guy 🙄
Hate that Sam didn't get anything for Newsreader at all over 3 seasons but I know he will move on to bigger and better things hopefully
Also long shot but maybe he'll get the audience award? I know not quite the same as not voted by other industry people
It’s a depressingly Australian move to latch onto and award the actor getting international buzz rather than actually looking at local talent, and it’s especially tragic-comic to me given everyone I’ve spoken to at industry events has said Jacob hasn’t paid his dues to local industry. The fact that his speech was just promo for Wuthering Heights has honestly given me a new level of dislike for him too.
I’m glad Newsreader won Best Drama at least, and that Anna won Lead Actress too, but it’s a bit of a bummer overall, especially given Best Drama was awarded off camera (???)
We’ll see about Audience Award though!