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Presenting the First Annual ‘Bunch of Boys’ Awards
Honoring excellence in the competitive field of being a Biopic Wife.
While the stereotypical Biopic Wife is a self-sacrificing cardboard cutout in the shape of a woman — with apologies to Alicia (Jennifer Connelly) in A Beautiful Mind — in recent years these characters have gotten more to do than simply stand by their man’s side. But it’s important to draw a distinction between a true Biopic Wife and a character who just happens to be married to a man, such as Lily Gladstone as Mollie Burkhart in Killers of the Flower Moon or Sandra Hüller’s roles in The Zone of Interest and Anatomy of a Fall. At the argument’s most heated point, Mulligan spits out the words “If you’re not careful, you’re going to die a lonely old queen.” It’s the ultimate hag’s revenge, using her knowledge of gay culture to create a bitchier insult than any of the other films on this list can muster.
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