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485: No Such Thing As Ballet On A Staircase

No Such Thing As A Fish

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The Pros and Cons of Best Actors

There's a lot of controversy about the movie Black Swan. Natalie Portman was good at ballet, but she 'd only done it for a year. She wasn't at the level that you needed to be in order to pull those moves. But the person who played the stunt double didn't get any of the credit. And there's questions about whether or not best actors should be going to someone who is not necessarily acting. Sure, it should be a joint thing. Like if you win best actor for a particular role than anyone else in the film that had to play whether it's a stunt double or a stand in or something, they should all get on stage and share it.

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