by Jason Adams
Three-time Oscar nominee (and of course one time winner) Octavia Spencer is heading into the second half of her centennial today and we'd love to wish her a very happy day -- no matter how high or lowbrow the project I am always happy when she shows up...
I still laugh at every single Ma meme for goodness sake! I watched all of Thunder Force and didn't hate myself by the end credits! That says a lot about somebody's appeal.
Out of the three roles that Spencer has been nominated for -- as Zelda in The Shape of Water, Dorothy in Hidden Figures, and the diabolical pie-stress Minny in The Help (which she won for) -- which is your favorite? I'm gonna go against the grain and say Zelda, but then that's the only one of those three movies I actually like. And no she's not doing anything she hasn't perfected a hundred times before in it but that's why she's our Thelma Ritter.
Bigger question: what movie that she didn't get nominated for would you have given her one? First one that popped into my head was Luce, a super movie that really got lost in the shuffle that year...
