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Peter Bart: ‘Poor Things’ Oscar Wins Prove Voters’ New-Found Appetite For Dark Horses
'Oppenheimer' won the big prize, but Oscar voters once again demonstrated their support for underdog films like 'CODA' and 'Everything Everywhere All At Once.'
In the past he’d delivered films with titles like Dogtooth and The Lobster, and his newest, Poor Things, was now stockpiling the statuary even as Hollywood’s filmmaking elite looked on, perplexed. “The power of Poor Things stems from its unique ability to polarize filmgoers – they urgently love it or hate it all at once,” observes marketing guru Kevin Goetz, CEO of FilmEngine. Like Oppenheimer, the plot of Poor Things is focused on a scientist – albeit a more erratic one who contrives to bring Emma Stone back to life, her woman’s body governed by an infant’s brain.
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