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Meryl Streep has 3 Oscars. If you could switch any of them out for another performance, what would it be?
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I’d actually do two… I’d sub out The Iron Lady for Adaptation, and sub out Kramer Vs. Kramer for The Deer Hunter.
Mark Johnson(Quote) (Reply)
I would switch done of them really because I think she deserved them all. But I would give her two more wins for Out of Africa and A Cry in the Dark.
Eoin Daly(Quote) (Reply)
I would switch Iron Lady for Julie & Julia if solely for the purpose it would mean Sandra Bullock didn’t win for The Blind Side lol
Terence Johnson(Quote) (Reply)
My vote for me would be to take the oscar from The Iron Lady and give it to her for Adaptation but I’m with you on Sandra Bullock, that in my eyes is one of the worst performances for best actress ever.
Jeremy DC(Quote) (Reply)
I swtch The Iron Lady with Doubt, full stop.
koook160(Quote) (Reply)
100% agree
Jaguar Joe(Quote) (Reply)
I believe I mentioned this already in one of our podcasts, but I always believed her clever twist of a real person in Adaptation was the performance that revitalized her career and introduced her considerable talents to a new generation of fans. Her third Oscar for that film not only would have been entirely deserved, but would wash the stench from the third Oscar she actually received as a result of the pervasive Academy belief that straight, boring mimicry is the ultimate acting achievement.
Robert Hamer(Quote) (Reply)
I so freaking agree Robert. For me after Sophie’s Choice, that’s the performance of her career.
Anupam(Quote) (Reply)
You’re absolutely right. Adapatation is my favorite performance of hers and I’m at an age where it was probably what really introduced me to her and understood why she is so great.
Jeremy DC(Quote) (Reply)
Of her nominations, I would have given her Oscars for:
1979 Kramer vs. Kramer – absolutely deserved!
1982 Sophie’s Choice
1983 Silkwood – if it had come out in the late 80′s, she could have gone all the way. It’s simply too good to ignore.
1988 A Cry in the Dark
2002 Adaptation
2008 Julie & Julia (with this ridiculous competition)
Zooey(Quote) (Reply)
The Iron Lady for anything…but Adaptation would be nice.
Joey Magidson(Quote) (Reply)
I would have liked to have seen her win for A Cry in the Dark (1988) as opposed to The Iron Lady (2011), or Julie and Julia (2009) for which she won the NY Film Critics Award as Best Actress rather than The Iron Lady (2011) — by my count she should have won as well for Adaptation (2002), and The Bridges of Madison County (1995) — the lady astounds — and hey a lot of people are dismissing her for The Iron Lady, saying the Academy caved, well then so did the New York Film Critics (no fools) who also gave her Best Actress for The Iron Lady (2011) just two years after they celebrated her for Julie and Julia (2009) — and I disagree with the comment about mimicry when she so clearly captured the soul of Thatcher, elevating a weak film to another level — most of the voting members of the Academy are actors who I think, I hope, know a thing a two about acting and can separate truth from mimicry…I do hope so. I love that Adaptation (2002) and The Devil Wears Prada (2006) and to a lesser extent Mamma Mia! (2006) have allowed another new generation to know her, I mean my kids, 20, and 12 know of her work, and that is very cool to me.
John H. Foote(Quote) (Reply)
Well said John. I think Julie and Julia would’ve been a nice switch if any is needed. I think her performance in “Doubt” is something just so unique and breathtaking however in a year where Kate Winslet shined like a three thousand year old supernova it’s hard to “cave in” there.
GL(Quote) (Reply)
I don’t think I’ll ever see the big deal with either of Kate Winslet’s performances in 2008.
koook160(Quote) (Reply)
I would take away the oscars for Iron Lady and Kramer vs. Kramer and give them to her for Bridges Over Madison County and One True Thing.
Troy(Quote) (Reply)
Doubt over The Iron Lady
Massimo(Quote) (Reply)
Doubt, or Julie and Julia, above The Iron Lady.,
Ben(Quote) (Reply)
This would have been my perfect scenario: Kate Winslet would have won Best Actress in ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ instead of Hillary Swank for ‘Million Dollar Baby,’ and then Meryl Streep could’ve won Best Actress for ‘Doubt’ instead of Winslet for ‘The Reader.’ I don’t begrudge Sandra Bullock too much for her win for ‘The Blind Side,’ because quite frankly the category was weak that year, and it felt gratifying to reward a woman who had such a great year in 2009. Plus, my Sandra should’ve been nominated and WON for ‘Crash.’ After she delivered her monologue to Brendan Fraser at the beginning of the film, the entire audience in the theater I was at just sat silent, in complete and total awe. No one knew Bullock had that much talent in her at the time.
Joseph Braverman(Quote) (Reply)
The Iron Lady is her second best performance after Sophie’s Choice, I don’t understand the hate for it.
I think it might be a cultural difference in opinion. A lot of you I’m guessing are American and place her performance as Julia Child far above Margaret Thatcher because you can see the attention to detail Meryl had and you can reference it to what you already know about Julia Child. In the UK, we had NO idea who Julia Child was whereas Margaret Thatcher is obviously someone who we are all very familiar with as she was our prime minister and so her attention to detail in that performance was nothing short of astonishing.
Wesley(Quote) (Reply)
There is a lot of hate for the film and her win, I think it comes from so many people wanting Viola Davis to win instead. I happen to utterly love the performance and totally agree with you. It is the second best performance of her career. But the question asks the reader if we could switch any.
Massimo(Quote) (Reply)
I would definitely switch The Iron Lady win for A Cry In The Dark
Daniel Ashtiany(Quote) (Reply)