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If she doesnt win an Oscar, Baron Cohen argued, then I dont know what the Academys for.

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She knocks it out of the park.

To crack the final five, Bakalova will have to overcome Oscars overwhelming bias toward the serious.

That gives us four out of 400 total acting nominations.

Bakalova, by contrast, is a total unknown.

Still, the Bulgarian has some advantages in the race.

And even in this topsy-turvy year, Best Supporting Actress feels particularly unsettled.

Consider too how many movies released into the quarantine void have struggled to make any noise.

If Biden wins, voters wont have much stomach for reliving the darkest depths of the Trump era.

Of those options, I think I know which ones Baron Cohen and his collaborators would choose.

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