Oscars - a layman's viewpoint

Oscars - a layman's viewpoint!!
Its my another "after-a-long-time-entry" into Blog.. he he he.Let the wise souls (patient visitors of this pathetic blog!!) be blessed with more patience!!
Coming to the Oscars,its always been an extravagant fiesta, an interesting nostalgia of the year's happenings in the movie world..this year was the 77th academy awards with the Kodak theatre looking as beautiful as ever.some interesting changes in the entire ceremony (like all the nominees standing on stage for few technical awards and so on) were evident.I will try to split my oscar write-up in various parts

Part I
Best actress in a leading role

All expectations to see a gorgeous damsel walk away in all grace and flair with the 24 carat statue.. yes, true indeed. From Janet Gaynor in 1927/28, The actresses walking away with the oscar are nothing less than just Gorgeous!
but, have you ever wondered about the roles that fetched them these..sadly enough, from the time I have started following the Oscars..thats from 1994 to be precise, the actresses haven't ever been their beautiful selves in the movies save for Helen Hunt (As good as it gets). All the others were nothing close to their feminisque grace.This is a question that has been bothering me for a loooong time...To substantiate my claim..
1996 (69th)Frances McDormand -- Fargo {"Marge Gunderson"}
(See this movie. She is more manly in the movie than her co-male stars!)
1997 (70th)Helen Hunt -- As Good As It Gets {"Carol Connelly"}
(The only exception... she is good.. competing with the Jack Nicholson...she is damn good)
1998 (71st)Gwyneth Paltrow -- Shakespeare in Love {"Viola De Lesseps"}
(Close in denial of my claim...but she still plays a male in most of the movie)
1999 (72nd)Hilary Swank -- Boys Don't Cry {"Brandon Teena/Teena Brandon"}
(She becomes a boy in this movie, literally....what else to say!!)
2000 (73rd)Julia Roberts -- Erin Brockovich {"Erin Brockovich"}
(Julia Roberts... less feminine in her entire movie career...not the same 'all-beautiful' Pretty Woman, Sleeping with an enemy, Pelican brief... not Oscar-deserving stuff ?!?... or is that she looks beautiful and hence no oscars?)
2001 (74th)Halle Berry -- Monster's Ball {"Leticia Musgrove"}
(Is this the beauty icon from Swordfish, X-Men and Die Another day (the first heroine to be talked more than the Bond himself for a 007 movie)..every girl wanted to be like her with respect to the above mentioned movies... but will any girl want to look like the ordinary Leticia from Monster's Ball?)
2002 (75th)Nicole Kidman -- The Hours {"Virginia Woolf"}
(Oh my God...the ultimate let down... Nosy Nicole... an extension of the nose by a few millimetres can abolish the angeline look of the star in Batman returns, Days of Thunder, Far and away and Moulin rouge... and also fetch her the Oscar)
2003 (76th)Charlize Theron -- Monster {"Aileen Wuornos"}
(The name of the movie says it all... was it this girl who acted in Devil's advocate and Sweet November?!!!?)
2004 (77th)Hilary Swank -- Million Dollar Baby {"Maggie Fitzgerald"}
(This "Boys don't cry" star couldn't become a boy again, but can take on the testosterone-sport of Boxing!! and she gets the Oscar!!)

all the above illustrations are in noway aimed at questioning the acting prowess of these stars. This category is infact one of the most competitive and less-controversial.. The actresses are truly amazing and stunning in their performances.. no doubt about it.

but,
why is that these sweet ladies and beautiful women are nothing close to being sweet and beautiful... why is testosterone more appreciated than oestrogen in Academy...
Either they sport a boyish look or a manly attitude or have an extreme make-over (to the other extreme!!) or just refuse to play their selves.

Has there been no good looking ladies playing good looking characters .... still pretty and picturesque... yes!! who could forget Vivian Leigh from 'Gone with the Wind', Ingrid Bergman, Sophia Loren and Elizabeth Taylor?

Is the Oscar taking a wrong stand these days.. a wrong example..
can we still see attractive women playing charming characters... or
are we going to be continuously 'Boxed around by Nosy Monsters with excessive testosterone'?

Just a thought that flashed through my mind..

Comments invited..

(to be continued)