I'm actually going to apologize because having just seen the Judy Garland biopic in its entirety, I do concede that Davis' performance is remarkable. She does have it over Gordon that she has to age convincingly over twenty years, although I stand by my assertion that the Trolley Song looks strikingly out of place. But, in its entirety Davis' performance is quite remarkable.
But, nonetheless, it still bothers me that not one Organization saw Gordon's performance as equally groundbreaking or deserving, or more so than Davis'. Not that I don't sympathize with Garland's predicament, because I do, but Garland's story is full of lavish MGM parties and colorful costumes and bright lights and long walks on the beach, nothing like Anne's last few months. While being habitually drugged, starved, bullied, and overworked by a movie studio that cranks out films for publicity's sake, for years on end, is pretty bad, its almost nothing compared to the nightmare world of the camps, where you were also starved, bullied, and overworked to the tenth power, with the aim being extermination (I do hear that Garland's studio-imposed diet was pretty intense enough to kill some people, though).
Just an all around shame that they couldn't spread the love a little and pay due homage to both worthy performances.
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