Word: oscared
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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RICHARD III. Shakespeare's equivalent of Saddam Hussein, the power-mad usurper who will do anything, is suddenly everywhere: Ian McKellen acts him in London, Stacy Keach in an upcoming Washington staging and Oscar-winner Denzel Washington (Glory) in New York City's Central Park. Are producers more farsighted than...
John Lithgow THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP. Cast as a transsexual former pro football player, Lithgow gave an unsmirking performance and won a 1982 Oscar nomination...
Luise Rainer THE GOOD EARTH. In an era when demeaning racial stereotypes were de rigueur, she won a 1937 Best Actress Oscar for her dignified depiction of a poor Chinese farmer...
...1960s. In old Hollywood, where nonwhites were nonstars, Caucasians often played Oriental roles. Marlon Brando kowtowed through The Teahouse of the August Moon; John Wayne did a Genghis Khan job on The Conqueror; no Chinese ever played Charlie Chan. As recently as 1984, Linda Hunt won an Oscar playing a half-Chinese man in The Year of Living Dangerously...
Even so, dozens upon dozens of theme-park and cruise-ship alumni go on to Broadway and movies, among them Oscar nominee Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (The Color of Money) and Tony nominee Patti Cohenour (The Mystery of Edwin Drood). Countless others earn a steady if unspectacular living from touring shows, club dates, commercials or studio recording...