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Agree and disagree. Disagree in that Streep hasn't promoted herself for an Oscar since Sophie's Choice and understandably, for Alan Pakula would obtain financing one week so he could continue shooting the next. The film had no marketing budget by the time it was completed and Streep knew more people would see it as a result of the Oscar win.
Streep does promote her films, but no more or less than most actresses, and many times her films are released during awards season, (most good films are), but even with her Summer releases such as The Devil Wears Prada, Julie and Julia, and Florence Foster Jenkins, Streep was nominated with no marketing or promotion during the time when the ballets were going out.
I agree, not about Adams, but Benning probably belongs in a category with Gena Rowlands as the Academy's most overlooked living actress, and while Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool was somewhat disappointing, (and paled to Streep's performance in The Post), I do think Benning deserved the nod for 20th Century Women over Streep's Florence Foster Jenkins.
Two Oscar nods, a sequel to her billion dollar box office Mamma Mia and cast in the second season of the most successful television series of 2017, obviously your boycott didn't stick.