Following her surprising (some even said shocking) Best Supporting Actress triumph at the Academy Awards in 1993 for her role in “My Cousin Vinny,” the lovely Marisa has received tons of shocking hate.
Marisa Tomei at the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival
Really? Yes, sadly, she has.
According to IMDB:
“Poor Marisa Tomei has been forced to endure a Mount Everest of disrespect.
Her name has become Exhibit A for what’s wrong with the voting process, a punchline of outrage – the poster child of head-scratching awards season jokes.
For many years, she topped the list of “How the hell did this happen?” Oscar’s head-scratching moments.
Forget the fact that in the years that followed her win, Tomei has generated another pair of supporting nominations – for “In the Bedroom” in 2002 (a Todd Field movie – hello) and “The Wrestler” in 2009.
The presumption was that Tomei wasn’t nearly talented enough to win, though they usually don’t find a whole lot of lousy performers generating three Oscar nominations.
No matter. The prevailing wisdom was that she was a lightweight actress who somehow slipped through the Academy Awards victory cracks.
Hopefully, Marissa will finally be exonerated and shown the respect she deserves.