Why are best actor and best actress different catagories?
I can understand why best actor/actress in a drama is different than best actor/actress in a comedy because the two are very different and hard to gage with proper perspective. But why are the different individual acting awards separated by sex? Shouldn’t we just have awards for best thespian in a ______ (insert show type). This isn’t like sports where physically, its very difficult to have men and women play together. Acting would seem to be a level field right?
It is now, but it wasn’t traditionally. In certain genres, actresses used to have a completely different job from actors.
It’s only since characters like Ripley and Lara Croft have come along that women have got to play action leads, for example, and those roles are still pretty rare.
I guess the academies and other givers of awards are always going to be behind the trend, but I wouldn’t be surprised if eventually there is only one award for best actor, regardless of gender.
It is now, but it wasn’t traditionally. In certain genres, actresses used to have a completely different job from actors.
It’s only since characters like Ripley and Lara Croft have come along that women have got to play action leads, for example, and those roles are still pretty rare.
I guess the academies and other givers of awards are always going to be behind the trend, but I wouldn’t be surprised if eventually there is only one award for best actor, regardless of gender.
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