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Are the Oscars Scared of Sex?
Movies about sex — like 'Queer,' 'The Last Showgirl,' and 'Challengers' — didn't get any Oscar nominations
To wit: “ Babygirl ” star Nicole Kidman, playing a woman who comes closer to understanding her carnal side after an affair with her intern, campaigned harder than she ever had before; so did “Queer” lead actor Daniel Craig, as a lovelorn gay man who expresses through physicality what he cannot with words. “ Challengers,” a spring sensation led by Zendaya that seemed set to compete for its pulsating score and boundary-pushing screenplay, got in nowhere, while “Nosferatu,” a ravishing Gothic depiction of lust at the edge of death, didn’t get the best picture nod that some speculated it might. This year’s Oscar nominations are laudably wide-ranging — surprisingly political (from “I’m Still Here” in Best Picture to “The Apprentice,” twice over, in the acting races) and ranging from blockbusters like “Wicked” and “Dune: Part Two” to little-seen films like “Nickel Boys” that will now get a boost.
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