Can you generate Oscar buzz with a movie that makes fun of Hollywood types who go nuts when the O-word is mentioned in regards to their work? I’m here to suggest that Catherine O’Hara, a long time member of the Christopher Guest repertoire company, and an SCTV alumnus, is Oscar-worthy as Marilyn Hack, an actress who lets Oscar talk swell her head, in Guest’s often hilarious spoof For Your Consideration. (To read my complete review, check out http://www.acweekly.com/index.php this Thursday.)
Catherine O’Hara has been underappreciated over the years, except by my fellow fanatics who found her so amazing as a regular on the Canadian TV sketch show SCTV.
Since the premise of For Your Consideration is that a blog suggesting that Marilyn Hack is Oscar-worthy in Home For Purim starts the Oscar buzz rolling, I've decided to do the same in reel life. Katherine O'Hara should earn as Oscar nomination for playing Marilyn.
Let’s start the Internet buzz right now—we want an O-nod for O’Hara.