I want to say that Felicity Huffman and Amy Adams, two talented Actresses. Were robbed by sad excuses for performances coming from Rachel Weisz and Reese Witherspoon and I say that because I have seen there performances. Ms. Weisz really did not deserve that Statuette she was barely in the Constant Gardener at all I'd estimate at least around Twenty to Thirty Minutes in that movie. I'd like to compare that to a woman like Amy Adams who played a very difficult role considering the fact she had to wear a fat suit to show her pregnant belly, but also she was funny and heartwarming in that movie. I'd like to say Felicity, its a shame you had to lose to that tart Witherspoon.
Let me say Felicity Huffman's performance was one of the most difficult roles that anyone could ever play. How hard do you think it was for this woman to be put into that makeup everyday and play a role (a pre-operative transexual) that many people in this world would look down on and think that someone like that is nothing. Let's compare this to Reese Witherspoon who played June Carter Cash, let me say she had her moments but the problem is I just really do not think she deserved this because I believe this was a much easier role then Felicity's.
Finally, Dolly Parton shamefully and sickeningly got robbed by a rap song with no class (It's Hard Out Here For a Pimp), I challenge you to listen to Travelin' Thru the song from Transamerica. This is a beautiful song that has lyrics that fit the movie perfectly.
I'm out here on my journey, trying to make the most of it
I'm a puzzle, I must figure out where all my pieces fit
This is a great lyric because it perfectly shows the internal struggle going on inside Huffman's character Bree Osbourne. The Puzzle and Pieces analogy is a perfect example of what somebody like Bree goes through in this film.
We've all been crucified and they nailed Jesus to the tree
And when I'm born again, you're gonna see a change in me
God made me for a reason and nothing is in vain
Redemption comes in many shapes with many kinds of pain
Oh sweet Jesus if you're listening, keep me ever close to you
As I'm stumblin', tumblin', wonderin', as I'm travelin' thru
Again, these are beautiful lyrics that state Bree is going to undergo an operation and be born again as the woman she never was.
Also, her lyrics about God making her (Bree) the way she was is exactly speaking the truth to what the LGBT community faces everyday.
Now lets compare these to the Lyrics from It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp.
In my eyes I done seen some crazy thangs in the streets
Gotta couple hoes workin on the changes for me
But I gotta keep my game tight like Kobe on game night
Like takin from a ho don't know no better, I know that ain't right
Done seen people killed, done seen people deal
Done seen people live in poverty with no meals
It's fucked up where I live, but that's just how it is
It might be new to you, but it's been like this for years
It's blood sweat and tears when it come down to this shit
I'm tryin to get rich 'fore I leave up out this bitch
I'm tryin to have thangs but it's hard fo' a pimp
But I'm prayin and I'm hopin to God I don't slip, yeah.
Man it seems like I'm duckin dodgin bullets everyday
Niggaz hatin on me cause I got, hoes on the tray
But I gotta stay paid, gotta stay above water
Couldn't keep up with my hoes, that's when shit got harder
North Memphis where I'm from, I'm 7th Street bound
Where niggaz all the time end up lost and never found
Man these girls think we prove thangs, leave a big head
They come hopin every night, they don't end up bein dead
Wait I got a snow bunny, and a black girl too
You pay the right price and they'll both do you
That's the way the game goes, gotta keep it strictly pimpin
Gotta have my hustle tight, makin change off these women, yeah
If anybody understands a single sentence of what the heck he's saying please translate for me.
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