Izzy of Be Kind Rewind returns to break down the battle royale that is Best Actress. Has she ever seen a race this close? Who delivered her favorite performances? This race has been our favorite all year, and we’re thrilled to have Isabel C back on MMO to discuss.

What Is This Episode? - Top of Show

Introducing Izzy of Be Kind Rewind!

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2021 LEAD ACTRESS CATEGORY REVIEW W/ IZZY:

Where Do You Start To Approach This Category? - 4:22

Why The Viola Sagging Off Of SAGs? - 8:07

Izzy Schools Everyone on “Category Fraud” - 10:30

Izzy’s Bettin’ Corner - 14:26

Which BAFTA Outcomes Make The Most Noise? - 16:55

What Happened to Andra Day’s Momentum? - 20:40

Lone Noms Carrying Their Films - 23:55

Who’s Izzy’s Number 1 - 27:00

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HOLLYWOOD AND THE ACTRESS CATEGORIES AT LARGE W/ IZZY:

The Academy as Gatekeepers for Awarding Actress Roles - 28:46

Crystallizing the Good of Promising Young Woman - 31:58

The Big Awards and Equality Question - 37:25

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THE MIKES RANK THE FIELD:

Snubs - 45:55

The Rank - 48:38

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Where To Find Izzy’s Work/LEAVE US A 5* REVIEW! - 58:22

Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 59:41

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Bottom line: for the second year in a row, Izzy delivered one of our absolute favorite episodes of MMO. She has an encyclopedic knowledge of the Oscars and this Best Actress category in particular. She may preface the episode with the fact that she’s not as locked in as usual, but don’t let her modesty fool you. Izzy knocks us out once again with all her takes, and if you’re listening after the Oscars (spoiler alert), she winds up being right.

Now we truly dive into the twists and turns of this unprecedentedly tight race. But we also bookend the episode with questions about how and why she creates content for Be Kind Rewind and where she sees the industry trending and turning. The answers, as always, may surprise you.

We otherwise finish the episode with our snubs and top 5’s in the Lead Actress category of 2020/21. This is our annual tradition, and we’ve certainly built up to it for long enough. So after changing our rankings for what seems like a thousand times throughout this closest of races, we finalize our performance 5’s in this final countdown.

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