Michelle Williams’s Best Actress Switch Isn’t Category Fraud— It’s Rebellion

Moments after Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, the verdict was clear: Michelle Williams gave a “tour de force performance” and “may finally take home an Oscar” for her role as Mitzi Fabelman, the free-spirited mother of the film’s Spielberg-inspired main character. In a supporting actress field that was still very much in flux, Williams was immediately moved into the frontrunner position. Which is why her next move came as such a shock: now campaigning in the best actress category, Williams seems to be thumbing her nose at decades of Oscar tradition that puts mothers,… Read Full Article