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PETER SELLERS DESERVED THE OSCAR WIN OVER DUSTIN HOFFMAN.


DON'T GET ME WRONG HOFFMAN WAS GREAT IN KRAMER VS. KRAMER AND EVERY OTHER FILM HE HAS EVER APPEARED IN...BUT PETER SELLERS PERFORMANCE IN BEING THERE IS SINGULARLY SPECIAL.

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There is no multiverse, dude. And I don't believe you're blind. Hoffman won and therefore deserved the Oscar.

Peter Sellers was good but he's not the better actor, as history confirms.

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I WAS BORN AFTER BOTH FILMS WERE RELEASED...I HAVE VIEWED BOTH FILMS AS A CHILD AND NOW AS AN ADULT....WHILE KRAMER VS. KRAMER IS THE BETTER FILM...PETER SELLERS PERFORMANCE IS THE BETTER PERFORMANCE.

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But the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences found that Hoffman's performance was better. They are the ones who award the Oscar by vote.
Your statement is therefore not true.

Maybe Peter Sellers can posthumously receive your KOWALSKI AWARD, as he seems to have made an impression on you personally.

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YOU ARE AWARE HOW OPINIONS WORK RIGHT?...BUT...THIS KOWALSKI™️ AWARD SOUNDS LIKE A VERY PROMISING IDEA.

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'Peter Sellers was good but he's not the better actor, as history confirms.'

History doesn't confirm anything of the kind.

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I'll take Peter Sellers over Hoffman any day.

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