Michelle Yeoh and the Elusive Oscar | Why She Won

After four decades in movies, Michelle Yeoh has finally won an Academy Award. In this video, I break down Yeoh's groundbreaking career and discuss the reasons why she won the Best Actress Oscar for Everything Everywhere All at Once. #michelleyeoh #oscars #academyawards #everythingeverywhereallatonce #cateblanchett #brianrowevideo #elusiveoscar
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[@nathanielfamisan1968]

It's official: She's now Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Woo hoo!

[@1957DLT]

Flowers to Cate, an actors actor, who does not shy away from acting flawed and unlikeable characters (see Blue Jasmine). But man oh man, for sheer rewatchability and entertainment I will go with Michelle Yeoh in EEAAO, where she acts a feast of characters and makes it looks effortless. For what it's worth, Michelle, I am rooting for your Oscar this year.

[@raaid22]

The ability to entertain is sorely underestimated. That's skill and talent.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Same! Thanks for watching!!

[@davy209]

I really hope that Michelle wins the Oscar, because unfortunately it would most likely be her only chance to win since she probably won’t get another role like this again. Good roles for Asian actresses in Hollywood are almost nonexistent and the industry hasn’t changed enough to feel confident to say that another great role for Michelle is around the corner and she will certainly get another chance at the Oscars.

[@drewh3224]

She won the Oscar

[@raaid22]

@@drewh3224 I was so shocked and very happy for Michelle.

[@crimsonfox007]

I absolutely LOVE Cate Blanchett! Ask my close friends, I’ve been obsessed with her since Elizabeth. With that being said, I am rooting for Michelle Yeoh to win the Oscar for Best Actress. It would be an amazing win!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Would love it!!

[@Invertiga]

I will ask your friends if that is true.

[@clonnlijinhlong2713]

Same. Cause even though Cate is phenomenal in the movie. At least she had already won two Oscars....And though i wouldn't want any talent to be discredited....Michele truly deserve it.

[@callmej5337]

@@clonnlijinhlong2713 Exactly. I too love Cate Blanchett. But giving an Oscar to Yeoh would be great. She dedicated such care to her performance.

[@paulvoorhies8821]

Not gonna happen. Cate’s got this in the bag.

[@katedo7499]

It’s about time that this legendary actress MICHELLE YEOH gets recognized at the Academy. It has been more than 30 years…..Her mesmerizing performance in Everything Everywhere All at Once” brought me to tears. It’s like watching a beautiful poetry comes to life. What a bravura performance! I really hope she wins this race!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Same!! Thanks for watching!

[@lifecomm]

I, 100% agree. A win to Michelle has a lot of historical and cultural significance and could help keep the Oscars alive! Go Michelle!

[@TheAwardsContender]

👏👏👏

[@charlieflickinger7372]

I'm so so so happy Yeoh won. I have never been as obsessed (I guess is the best word for how I felt) with wanting to see someone win an award.

[@TheAwardsContender]

I know, it was a great win!

[@lady_g406]

Cate is a great but I see Cate in every role she plays. I only saw the many Evelyns in EEAAQ, which isn't very easy for any actress to do. Michelle gets my vote.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Good point!

[@triggerfish9967]

I would cry if Michelle won. She has had an amazing career & as a fellow Malaysian, her win would mean so much just not to me but to all Asians like her.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes!! Thanks for watching!

[@indy-fs6de]

I do think it's time for cinephiles to re-examine what types of performances they value more over others. We have nearly 100 years of awarding deeply dramatic and tortured performances, many of which are technically perfect but often diminish in cultural significance as time marches on. When watching Blanchett in Tár, yeah, she's brilliant and delivers precisely what audiences have been conditioned to believe is Oscar-worthy. But the film itself serves merely as a temple to house her pristinely dark performance in. The rest of Tár fades into the background around Blanchett's performance. Yeoh's performance in EEAAO, however, anchors the entire film and keeps us grounded in something that could have turned out to be a glorious, unwatchable mess that dwarfs any one of its individual parts. But even with all the altnerate timelines, outlandish characters, costumes, frenetic editing, and tonal incongruencies, Yeoh still stands out and helps to bring all of these disparate parts into clear cohesion and makes it look effortless. Making a performance look effortless is not an easy task. Yeoh's Evelyn is just as rounded and complex as Blanchett's Lydia while also getting to be funny and energetic in addition to being dark and somber.

[@meadow9441]

I don’t think EEAO was as cohesive as many viewers say, but it’s enjoyable nonetheless.

[@maggiechan33]

@@meadow9441 I think it is a generational issue. For the more "mature" audience, the rapid changing scenes may be a bit weird or discombobulating; when asked, even Ang Lee stated EEAAO was "too fast" for him. But for young kids, accustomed to video/online games, the film is normal for them. I love the movie for it's message of kindness - too rare in cinema.

[@maggiechan33]

@indy1989 Incisive + poetic essay.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Excellent points!! Thanks for watching!

[@bev9708]

Gosh those are excellent points!!!!

[@anqel-tv]

I find it so rich and poetic that eeaao was written for Jackie Chan but given to Michelle after the behavior Jackie had toward women came to light recently and I love that the recognition is given to yeoh instead of Jackie. She deserves all the recognition

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for watching!

[@Gianzhg]

When ever I see people saying Head they want Cate to win but Heart they want Michelle to win, I think they forget that we are judging an art performance, not a science homework problem. For an actor to make you fall in love with the performance so much, require so much skills and raw emotions, even more than dramatic acting. When you say on technical level Cate is better, it is a bias toward dramatic acting. Michelle in Everything literally combines action acting, comedy acting into her dramatic and character acting, not to mention balancing all that in a large ensemble cast . This is why I root for her to win, not because of race or overdue, but for the multi-technique and brilliant-in-many-way performance of Michelle. (And tbh haven't you guys get bored when the best acting win always dramatic ones. Like there are so many other branches as well, give them recognition. Stop genre bias)

[@raaid22]

Could Michelle play cates role superbly, yes. Could Cate play Michelle's role, I am not sure.

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

People can say they want Cate win with their Head because they love her performance more, but Heart with Michelle because she hasn’t won yet and have emotional connection to her body of work and her as a person.

[@maggiechan33]

@@raaid22 Cate is incapable of playing Michelle's role because she isn't a martial artist; Michelle is unique in this way.

[@raaid22]

@@maggiechan33 exactly. It's interesting how certain skill are down played while others are uplifted. Physical talents are downplayed Comedy is downplayed But accents and tears are exalted.

[@maggiechan33]

@@raaid22 Actors constantly say it much harder to pull off comedy than drama - the irony.

[@yiqingtan4079]

I've been a fan of Michelle Yeoh for years. On top of that, as a Malaysian, I am immensely proud of her and with all my heart, I hope she wins the Oscars for EEAAO. That film made me laugh at comedic elements I would normally frown upon, brought me through the multiverse and back, made me reflect on all the choices I've second guessed and all the opportunities lost, made me cry, not at death but at love and life. Michelle Yeoh (and all the other main cast) stuck the landing of such an outlandish premise, an actor's role of a lifetime. She rose to it, grew into it, savoured it. When I came out of the movie, I thought, surely, surely others would see what an amazing film and performance it was and I'm so happy to say one year on, it's finally happening.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, thanks so much for watching!

[@fm.burbank8461]

YOU CALLED IT!!

[@DocVancouver]

As a Film Studies graduate, EEAO I would say is one of the best movies I have ever watched. Every aspect of it, acting, screenplay, editing, and sound & music and of course directing - is incomparable to any film ever made. Michelle Yeoh had many different characters in this film which she executed so wonderfully - nobody could have done action, drama & comedy all in one except her. I am not sure if Blanchett is capable of all 3 in a movie. What ever happens at the Oscars - EEAO & Yeoh’s performance is already solidified in cinematic history!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Absolutely! Thanks for watching!

[@lukeshioshio]

Incomparable to any film ever made? Even the Daniels say the movie has turned into the most overrated BS ever. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie but man, you gotta see more films, the way you're talking is juvenile

[@CP7383]

So proud of Michelle’s winning the Oscar, especially proud because she’s my fellow Malaysian, we came from the same little hometown in Malaysia!

[@TheAwardsContender]

That’s so lovely!

[@d.b.8203]

TÁR and EEAAO are sort of inverses, and very similar because of that. TÁR is serious and austere, like Miramax-era prestige Oscar bait; EEAAO is wildly irreverent, rude, goofy, and proudly genre/multi-genre. (Both could be called "art house.") The difference is EEAAO doesn't work if you don't ultimately believe Evelyn Wang, whose screen time is shared by an ensemble. TÁR relies on one character you neither have to love or hate, and Blanchett gets an abundance of screen time to make her. I doubt the Daniels foresaw the awards future of the film, but Todd Field quite explicitly saw this as a vehicle for Blanchett. From first base, EEAAO sort of handicaps Yeoh for the Oscar whereas TÁR directly positions Blanchett for it. I think, more than race and age, that should be factored in; Yeoh basically used EEAAO to project an unlikely mega-watt star quality in the same way she did with that first commercial.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Good points!!

[@KRG30001]

Absolutely

[@winglee1976]

Oh God I am praying for Michelle Yeoh to win, not just because I am Chinese, but also because she had the most challenging role and she delivered a truly a performance that exceeded all other actresses this year.....it’s a role/performance that required a lifetime of various film acting experiences in action, comedies, drama, pretty much all over the map. I had seen most of Michelle’s films, and always thought she was the best female action movie star of all time. EEOAO is a star showcase dream role, you think Cate Blanchett can play that role? Come on!?

[@TheAwardsContender]

Exactly!! Thanks for watching!

[@davy209]

I’m also rooting for Michelle Yeoh to win, not only because she would make history as the first Asian actress to win the Oscar for Best Actress (which would be amazing) but because I personally want to see a performance from a genre film (comedy, action, sci-fi) to actually win for once. I absolutely hate the bias against genre films like horror, comedy, sci-fi, and action films that the Academy has and the performances from those genres can be just as good as the typical “Oscar-bait” dramatic/ biopic performances. So many great performances has been overlooked in the past because of genre bias and that needs to change!

[@Sharpe1502]

I never knew that Michelle Yeoh has never been nominated for an Oscar. I always figured she was nominated for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. That’s crazy.

[@TheAwardsContender]

I know, right? Took long enough!

[@laurajones1773]

She was nominated for the BAFTA for Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.

[@AndreinaGarban]

I'm rooting for Michelle Yeoh with all my mind, my heart and my soul! She poured her very best into Evelyn Wang's world and the complexity of the movie could have diminished her brilliance. Instead, she multiplied her brilliance in every possible multiverse. Yes, Cate is a great actress. We already know that. But Michelle has been working HARD for years and for the very first time, she is mesmerizing the world - even those who didn't pay attention to her - with her extraordinaire, vast and awesome talent + her discipline, her loving for the craft of making movies and storytelling. She's a wonder in every level and her recognition is more than fair. She deserves the Oscar this time. No doubt.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Agreed!! Thanks for watching!

[@RVandergeld]

Well said 👏

[@davy209]

I think Michelle Yeoh absolutely deserves to win for Everything Everywhere, All at Once because the role of Evelyn Wang is an incredibly difficult role to play because it demands so much from the actor, physically and mentally and Michelle Yeoh does that role effortlessly. Even skilled actresses would struggle to balance the comedy, drama, and action elements of the role and make it all believable to the central story.

[@MouhamadouBDiagne]

Tar is an actor's film. People who want to study acting will use it in film school. But no one will remember it in 20 years. However, Everything Everywhere All at Once will be one for the ages.

[@1957DLT]

Well said.

[@maggiechan33]

@Mouhamadou B.Diagna And 23 yrs later, people still remember how exquisite Michelle was in CTHD.

[@allabouteve2390]

On the contrary TAR will be for the Ages because it expresses the cultural wars of our era and the way we are consructed as social subjects. No matter if it was released in an era where audiences are trained to action films bombs sex etc... Anyhow EEAAO is also amazing but beeing a popular film does not make it for the ags. Words do lose their meaning nowadays!

[@maggiechan33]

@@allabouteve2390 Words do not lose their meaning, if they are crafted precisely. Also, "cancel culture" was the topic of Chen Kai Ge's 2012 flick, "Caught in the Web".

[@allabouteve2390]

@@maggiechan33 if you minimise TAR into cancel culture alone re-watch re-observe and re-think

[@BrownsBacker]

I absolutely loved the performance of Cate Blanchett in Tar, it is, in many respects the best performance of the year, regardless of gender. However, Michelle Yeoh's performance is transformative in how it not only is great techniquely, like Blanchett's, but in how it makes the viewer FEEL as part of a larger universe. Cate makes you reflect inwardly, Michelle makes you reach out to the expanding universe searching for your small part in it. Both are magnificent performances that would win in any Oscar season, in my opinion, so it's a shame that both are in this season...damn you COVID for causing this...but I am rooting hard for Michelle and, while understanding a possible Blanchett win, I WILL be very disappointed if Yeoh doesn't win this year...and I think Cate feels the same.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Agreed! Thanks for watching!

[@davy209]

Honestly, Cate Blanchett should have already won at least 3 Oscars by now. She should have won for either Elizabeth or I’m Not There! Although I think Cate’s is a much more skilled actress than Francis McDormand, I have no doubt in my mind that Cate Blanchett will get her third Oscar in the future, because she’s a fantastic actress and Oscar bait roles will always be available for her if she chooses them.

[@ehotic]

Yeoh for sure deserves this Oscar!! Agree 100% with all you've said in the video. This performance has brought me to new levels of emotions I never thought I'd feel. Simply breathtaking and glorious. On the other hand Blanchett is a phenomenal actor we all love&admire, but this year doesn't belong to her I believe: It belongs to all those who felt left out and for sure that speaks volumes. Come on Academy! Do the right thing!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Hoping!! Thanks for watching!

[@lhloong33]

Exactly.

[@elliotanders2363]

I would love to see an elusive oscar video for Ewan McGregor! I still can't believe he hasn't received a single nomination despite being in so many oscar-nominated/winning films.

I second that!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Great idea!! Would love to make that!

[@waynedegoldi]

And so many penises!

[@lavedadavis818]

I'm honestly tired of hearing, "the first this or that." And it's telling that it has taken this long for an Asian Actress to be awarded an Oscar, BUT, Michelle Yeoh, the actress, the human being, deserves this win. I have been a fan of Cate's phenomenal work over the years, but Michelle is in a class of her own, and this is her time. Steady wins the race as they say. I haven't seen "Everything Everywhere, All At Once" yet, and I will, but I still hope she takes it. The 2 women I want to see win tonight, who have earned it, worked hard for it, carried phenomenal films, and are deserving of it: Angela Basset and Michelle Yeoh. Good luck tonight Ladies!!! 🏆🏆🤩🤗

[@TheAwardsContender]

Woo hoo, can’t wait to see what happens!

[@pairotelee]

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FIRST ASIAN ACTRESS, MICHELLE YEOH OF WINNING THE BEST ACTRESS AT ' THE OSCARS ' ! from my home in ' The City of Angels, Bangkok '

[@pairotelee]

CONGRATULATIONS TO ' EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE ' IN WINNING THE ' BEST PICTURE ' AT' THE OSCARS '! WELL DONE TO OUR ASIAN FAMILY! ALL THE BEST TO ALL & EVERYONE!

[@TheAwardsContender]

❤️❤️❤️

[@anfernymunoz]

This video gave me goosebumps. Michelle Yeoh deserves ALL the praise and all the awards, it would be CRIMINAL if she lost the Oscar 😭😭

[@TheAwardsContender]

Agreed!! Thanks for watching!

[@wanwaric]

An update: Cate indeed WAS one of the first people to jump from their seats when Michelle’s name was called at the Oscar’s

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yay!!! Cate is pure CLASS!

[@keithl7422]

Totally Agree!! We are going to see Michelle Yeoh to be crowned👸👑 Oscar Best Actress 2023 👍👍👍

[@TheAwardsContender]

Hopeful!!

[@IvanMejia1991]

And now yes an Academy Award winner. Michelle made history.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes!!

[@oolongtea4013]

im rooting for michelle and i think she has a decent shot! HOWEVER if she doesn't win i think it's important that we remember the hurdles she had to jump over to even be nominated....she's a pioneer and has done so much for the appi community that her career is worth more than some stupid hunk of metal. she'll always be a winner to me.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Love Michelle!

[@oenrob98000]

Amen 💖

[@lhloong33]

100% accurately said.

[@bellenoir123]

She’s going to win. The Oscars has an opportunity to do something radical. They need her to win.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Would be amazing!

[@PeterRabbit4Eva]

‪Thank you, Brian. This is perfect timing. 🙏🏻❤️‬ ‪I’ll keep pushing Yeoh’s narrative till the last minute.‬ ‪I will always rooting to her forever. 😇❤️‬

[@TheAwardsContender]

Same!!

[@merrilll]

I'm rooting for Michelle Yeoh too!!!!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yay!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@simeonmaximofernandez3364]

Very good explanation of all the reasons behind Michelle Yeoh to win this years academy. Blanchette and Yeoh are both actresses at their peak. May the best actress win.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for watching!

[@Kpoping727official]

Who's here after he changed the title

[@TheAwardsContender]

🤣🤣🤣

[@diva774]

SHE DID IT !! 🎉 I’m so proud! Thank you for this video ❤

[@TheAwardsContender]

You’re very welcome!

[@bev9708]

Me I still haven’t changed my mind … my head is for Cate to win as I honestly think hers is the best performance but my heart is all for Michelle to win!! Plus we could argue that Michelle deserves it even more as her role is the one which requires the most skills, training and expérience … as she once said, her entire 40-year career was required training for that role!!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Agreed!! Rooting for Michelle!

[@CJ_87]

Oh, please. If the Oscars have some credibility still, Michelle Yeoh should win the award this year. She deserves it so much. Cate Blanchett is gorgeous, of course, but she is becoming kind of the new Meryl Streep. She can win again any other year.

[@TheAwardsContender]

I’m rooting for Yeoh!

[@dgdanne]

Couldn’t be the 1st like, but I’m the 3rd. Thank you, Brian. You did an excellent job with this very emotive video. I love Michelle Yeoh and Cate Blanchett, but Yeoh is my favorite to win all the prizes.

[@TheAwardsContender]

I’m glad, thanks for watching!

[@user-CatherineDodd]

There is something stunningly wonderful with Michelle Yeoh’s performance in this film “Everything Everywhere All at Once” that has live in my memory as fresh as the day this brilliant film has been shown on theatre. How she exquisitely observed these different characters with such grace and precision. I’m at a loss of words to accurately describe her distinctive style of cinematic achievement. It might be just me, but I’m quite skeptical of Cate Blanchett’s movie “TAR”. I thought it was a heady mixture of boredom and mediocrity. My instincts had me avoiding it. However, I thought Cate Blanchett was so convincing as a renowned conductor/musician Lydia Tar. But since Cate already have received many recognitions (Oscars) in the past, I have got to hand the best lead actress to Michelle Yeoh’s one of a kind performance. My observation of her character in the movie seems exceptionally tour de force!…I know how presumptuous of me to say but my personal opinion has no place in this and it would not convince some voters to consider and acknowledge her work as the best performance this year. But I’m hoping for the best outcome that she would receive her very first Academy Awards trophy.

[@TheAwardsContender]

I’m hoping for a win, too. Thanks for watching!

[@FlyingPancake0390]

Regardless of preferences, it is undeniable that Michelle Yeoh has put in the time, built the pedigree and gave the performance of her career in Everything Everywhere.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Soooo true! Thanks for watching!

[@raaid22]

If there's any justice Michelle should win. She should already have a best actress Oscar for crouching tiger hidden dragon. Plus Cate will get another nomination because opportunities for great roles always come for people like Cate. I don't know if Michelle will get more meaty roles, because history has told us there aren't many opportunities for Asian actresses.

[@allabouteve2390]

on the contrary, Cate does make roles who noone else dares to touch GREAT! Facts! Still i will be happy if a 60 y.o. Asian wins, regardless if in all fairness Blancett did one of the very best performance in the ENTIRE film history. For other reasons both choices will be great

[@maggiechan33]

Agree that if the members of the Academy are fair, Michelle will win Best Actress. She should have at least received a nod from the Academy for CTHD. Considering there were probably more "old farts" in the Academy 23 yrs ago, I wouldn't have expected Michelle to win, had she secured the nomination.

[@raaid22]

@@allabouteve2390 what roles has she taken that one else dares to touch? Prestige actors such as Cate clamour for meaty roles. Look at how many best actress wins have been for flawed unlikeable characters.

[@raaid22]

@@allabouteve2390 Cate is charismatic and is insanely watchable, how however that is not the same thing as skill. Cate is the kind actress who makes bad performances intriguing.

[@allabouteve2390]

@@raaid22 you need to check your facts... She built a career by taking roles rejected by others. And TAR weas untouchable for many reasons. Long story short. Check it friend.

[@cmartinalanis]

Your video's final gave me chill! By one hand, I think Cate Blanchett's performance in "TÁR" is quite comparable to the Daniel Day Lewis' in "Phantom Thread": none of them have real competition, they're the best in class and both are incomparable. Despite if Cate Blanchett win or lose this Oscar, we'll be talking about this performance in particular for years as an clear example of an acting masterclass. But Michelle Yeoh's performance in "Everywhing Everywhere All At Once" is really unique, one in a kind and I do believe its a life time role that won't happen again for a her - or it will happens in very few opportunities. Since I saw Yeoh's performance in EEOA I was rooting for her and I won't stop no matter what happens next March 12. #YeohForTheWin

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, agreed!! Thanks for watching!

[@KedaiCiplak]

SHE WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TheAwardsContender]

She did it!!

[@donnahamilton1167]

Michelle Yeoh better win this Oscar....It would be almost criminal if she doesn't.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Rooting for her!!

[@chicobueno19]

This is the only time I would be perfectly fine with a tie. Both of them are powerhouse actresses. Although I agree, it seems like even Cate is campaigning for Michele to win.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, a tie would be amazing!

[@ollieacres5736]

I’ve had Michelle Yeoh at number 1 since June 2022 and I’m so proud of that, fingers crossed i’m right 🤞

[@TheAwardsContender]

Woo hoo!

[@salamimommy69]

what an amazing video celebrating an amazing woman with an outstanding career! im so glad she won this oscar and she will never fail to make me cry with her performance

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yay, thanks so much for watching!

[@astrilux]

Oh My Good! that last part of the video made me cry, I really, really, really want to hear: And the Oscar goes to… Michelle Yeoh!!!, she so deserves that award, she did an amazing job in EEAAO, and don’t get me wrong, I loved Cate Blanchett in Tár, she did an amazing job too, but Michelle’s performance was so over the top, she had to play so many versions of her character and give each one of them a personality and essence, there is no one who could have done that role better than her.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Agreed!!

[@erinpilla]

YES PLEASE!!!! She has to win not for representation or whatever but because she really gave the film a formidable female lead I may be biased because I am Southeast Asian but hey, it's very apparent she will win

[@TheAwardsContender]

Agreed! Fingers crossed!

[@garypeanuts622]

I recall when EEAAO first came out in theatres, I was one of the few audiences that occupied the almost empty theatre. So I thought, perhaps, the show's materials were kinda advanced for the mainstream. Glad that EEAAO got to where it is today! Would love to see Michelle Yeoh win the award. but I've also been told that GG winners don't usually go on to win the Oscars. Still looking forward to the show on 12 Mar, nonetheless.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Fingers crossed she can do it!

[@bettyong9735]

Michelle Yeoh has performed spectacularly. She more than deserved to win the best actress for the Oscar! She should had won that Oscar long time and years ago! She owned it!!!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes!

[@limliza992]

Cate is consistently excellent, Michelle Yeoh is exceptional this time. Oscar belongs to Michelle.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes!

[@msspotme]

I believe Michelle will win since this movie was such an amazing versatile movie, her performance is top shelf!!!!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Absolutely!! Would be a great win!

[@anthonysalas9605]

I love this video so much and love your call for Michelle to win the Oscar. It’s the day after the BAFTAs, and I am worried! I know Cate was gonna win there, but with SAG voting not ending until Friday, I am so worried Michelle won’t get SAG which would not be good. I am hopeful for Brendan Fraser and Michelle Yeoh, but Michelle is the one I really want to see. As you said, it is a chance for us all to see history made. I also agree that Cate has two Oscars and will have many more chances for that third (and probably fourth) Oscar, and Michelle’s chances for future nominations and a win are far less likely. I hope Oscar voters embrace her narrative and I say that not to diminish her beautiful performance, because it is worthy of that Oscar. Come on, voters! Do the right thing and give Michelle the win!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes to all this!!! Things for watching, Anthony!

[@anthonysalas9605]

Of course and thank YOU! You’re living my dream for sharing your passion for movies. I love your channel!

[@maggiechan33]

@@anthonysalas9605 Both Michelle + Brendan won SAG - YAY !!!

[@AlexandreFilho1705]

I'm betting on Yeoh. Blanchett is beloved, but I believe some of her fans in the Academy might give their votes to Riseborough or De Armas. Anyone voting for Yeoh won't switch. Anyone who would like to vote for Viola Davis or Danielle Deadwyler might, in their absence, take this opportunity of making history by rewarding an Asian woman.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yeoh has a very good chance!!

[@saint18ruben]

You put a lot of your heart in this video

[@TheAwardsContender]

I did, thanks for noticing!

[@barbaraladouceur6305]

Beautiful wide-ranging, perfectly narrated body of evidence that Michelle Yeoh should and will win the oscar this year! Bravo!!! 🤩

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks so much!!

[@sarachibi100]

Michelle definitely deserves the Oscar! And the Oscar goes to… Michelle Yeoh!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes!! I have hope!

[@stephaniewoodson7655]

You were right-Michelle Yeoh !!!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes!! It happened!

[@yatkai97]

even if michelle yeoh didn’t win, her nomination for the oscar is already a paramount achievement for her career and to the asian acting community

[@maggiechan33]

We as Asians should not settle for less. Many of us have worked harder than others; we deserve a seat at the table. In the event you don't know - Michelle wants her Oscar.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Michelle is the best!!

[@lhloong33]

@@maggiechan33 Michelle works truly hard at her age.

[@maggiechan33]

@@lhloong33 Positively correct !

[@oolongtea4013]

@@maggiechan33 for sure we shouldn't settle for less but realistically the academy is racist as fuck, and it's so hard for one actress to overcome it, so i think thgis commentor is saying to remember michelle's career is not defined by a loss is all

[@WiseThoughts20]

Your videos are so addictive. I'd love a Bradley Cooper video. There is only one perfomance of his that I think he deserved to win that being 'A Star Is Born' but either way he's been nominated so much I think a video would be interesting.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, an excellent Elusive Oscar pick!

[@tomrobla8981]

Cate Blanchett's performance is fantastic and deserves to win judged purely on acting alone. Michelle Yeoh is the sentimental favorite. This award will be voted on by fellow actors. Michelle Yeoh would have a better chance if voted by the entire academy.

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

The entire Academy does vote for the winners. The actors branch selected the nominees but after that it’s not just them voting.

[@lexis4490]

Fellow actors nominate, the entire academy votes for winners.

[@backto-il9ne]

People need to move away from this mentality that good acting is only rooted in (melo)drama. Judging by acting alone, I will definitely go with Michelle who played a diverse set of distinct characters across multiple genres. Michelle makes it looks easy but every few actors can pull off what she did in Everything Everywhere.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Absolutely!!

[@sarahnadespeaks5047]

I want Everything, Everywhere All At Once to win: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor and of course BEST ACTRESS! For all the reasons you stated and more. I'm rooting for her and her movie.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Let’s see it happen!!

[@reptongeek]

And it did 🥰

[@anweshalder]

Andddd she did it.... She won her Oscar.... I love her so soo much... May God bless her

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes!!

[@jstranzhur9882]

Thank you! This is what I've been waiting for.

[@katedo7499]

Aren’t we all?!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yay!!

[@djwater02]

A movie deeply touched the crowd and mutli generations and the actors are full of human history, passionate and love their arts and totally relatable. Michelle carries the weight of this breakthrough movie. Why would she not deserve it? Society and the movie history needs a change and keep it up with the People.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for watching!

[@patrickorourke3710]

Thank you for making this video. An Oscar win for Michelle next month would be deserved in every way and would (hopefully!) allow for more roles for Asian acttors in mainstream Hollywood films. You ARE a winner Ms Yeoh :)

[@TheAwardsContender]

She totally is! Thanks for watching!

[@enufots4621]

I hope Michelle gets the win this coming Sunday!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Same!! It’s almost here!

[@skyrider4789]

Thank you Brian, for a lovely presentation. ❤ EEAAO kinda fried my brain, but I did like it, and it's had me thinking for days about it (as the original Blade Runner did so many years ago). I've always been a fan of Michelle (since Tomorrow Never Dies), and not just because I'm Asian-American (I'm also a HUGE fan of Blanchett). I am rooting for Michelle, big time! When you said March 12, I perked up since that's my DOB. It would be a great treat if, as you said, "Michelle Yeoh, Academy Award winner!" 🤞

[@TheAwardsContender]

That’s so awesome!! Thanks for taking the time to watch my video!

[@Masa-vg2li]

Michelle Yeoh did the thing! She won!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yay!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@juliocesarfernandez1887]

Pleaseeeee give her that oscar

[@TheAwardsContender]

Fingers crossed!

[@howarddalton8436]

Thank you for taking the time to read my mind about this year's Best Actress race, and then putting it all down in this video. :)

[@TheAwardsContender]

Haha, you’re very welcome!

[@RodneyDollar]

Next video should be michelle yeoh made history like this video aged well 🥹🥹🥹🫶🫶

[@TheAwardsContender]

Woo hoo, so happy it happened!

[@RodneyDollar]

@@TheAwardsContender yup I do wonder which actor or actress you have next to get an Oscar can’t wait for that video 🫶🫶🫶💪 but yeah Michelle Yeoh winning history in the making

[@hadbetterdays]

Praying for SAG win, after the Bafta. What I take away from this award season (and past award seasons as well) is that, yes, the Oscars reward excellence (well...) but the awards are rarely given to the best in the race. It's about the feeling of the moment. And Michelle Yeoh is an icon, a legend and the moment.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Agreed!! Hoping Yeoh wins at SAG!

[@LambentOrt]

All the nominees deserve to win... but I'm rooting for Michelle!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, same here!!

[@ZoraTheberge]

I completely agree. When is Michelle Yeoh going to be in this position again? There’s an urgency here. And despite its nomination count, I don’t think it wins Picture. I think older voters see it as too much of a “genre” film that is going to win elsewhere, including Actress and Supporting Actor. And Banshees and The Fabelmans are nipping at its heels. And giving Director to Todd Field might be a way to give Tár something. Basically, it’s whether or not The Academy goes all in on EEAAO, or spreads the love around.

[@TheAwardsContender]

We shall see, fingers crossed!

[@anthonysalas9605]

I agree with your sense of urgency and also wonder if EEAAO will win. I hope it does, but I don’t know. I can’t stand the thought of Michelle not winning.

[@9267reps]

Awwwe I do hope she go on to win the Oscar - loved her in many of her movies - its about time she take home the big prize - Best wishes 💜

[@TheAwardsContender]

Would be fantastic! Thanks for watching!

[@MrHootiedean]

I've seen more interviews with Michelle Yeoh than I have her films and what I appreciate most about her is the unwavering confidence she has in herself and abillities. I hope she and Angela Bassett win the Oscar!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes!!

[@hahashow1234567]

I love cate blanchett since Elizabeth. Still my all time favourite. But Michelle yeoh has never been less worthy than Blanchett. I thought she’d be nominated for the lady but it wasn’t time for Asian actress. This EEAAO, this year, may be the only closest chance for her to win. It’s not out of sympathy but her performance was so touching and she deserves that Oscar.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes!!

[@nephtys369]

I’m rooting for her. I haven’t watched the Oscar’s in years, but I will be this time.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Awesome!

[@nycgallagher8453]

I REALLY THINK SHE WILL BE THE OSCAR WINNER , i love her.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Feeling good about it!!

[@toobevr1244]

I REALLY am rooting and hoping for Michelle to win, but after Critics Choice, and the fact that she's all set to win both AACTA and BAFTA, I think that unfortunately, Cate will also win SAG and fully sweep. Which is quite a shame, because while she is deserving, if her Critics Choice speech was any indication, her win will feel so much less powerful and meaningful than a win for Michelle would. And Michelle's performance was just as much an all-timer.

[@TheAwardsContender]

I think Yeoh wins SAG, we shall see!

[@got2bjosh]

I want Michelle to make history and have her Halle Berry moment.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Would be amazing!

[@redbarchetta8782]

The world will explode if someone other than Michelle Yeoh wins.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Haha possibly!

[@MooMooCow95]

Honestly really appreciate the heart you put into this video. It really is a moment with a lot of gravitas. Here's to hoping that our universe in the infinite multiverse is the one that recognizes Michelle Yeoh with an Oscar!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Agreed!! Thanks for your kind words, and for watching!

[@johncooper4874]

As much as I love Cate’s performance in Tár, Michelle has to win this. Her performance, and EEAAO in general, was such a cultural phenomenon. Not giving her the award would feel like a slap in the face. That movie spoke to thousands, if not millions of people.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Agreed!!

[@cim888]

Well billions actually.... the entire South East Asia (minus Japan for memoirs of a geisha) and the overwhelming majority of first, second and third gen Asians from western countries.

[@jorgefelix9238]

Amazing as always - thank you BR!!

[@TheAwardsContender]

You’re welcome!

[@maggiechan33]

@Brian Rowe Video KUDOS !!! Exceptionally well researched video; you are 1 of the few people that cited Michelle's career in Hong Kong began in the 1980's, not the 1990's. I want to add a 6th reason why Michelle will win Best Actress: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is being re-released in the US/Canada on 2/17/23. This will remind everyone how phenomenal + brilliant Michelle was as Yu Shu Lien; her deep, nuanced, subtle, but powerful portrayal, should have been acknowledged by the Academy 23 years ago.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Oh sweet, awesome!

[@donbaydrpr]

And now she's a winner.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Woo hoo!

[@Bonbon-C]

If Michelle does not win the Oscars then I don't know what is wrong with this world! She is my fave bond girl of all time. And a film like Everything All At Once does not come often. She is already 60 years old.... just give her the damn Oscar.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Crossing my fingers!

[@Bonbon-C]

@@TheAwardsContender And she did win! YEHEY 😁😁😁

[@aakashsharma9841]

Loveee your channel! Glad to see it grow! Keep going!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thank you!! Means a lot!

[@vodkatonyq]

Rooting SO hard for Yeoh.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Same!!

[@kileysevens9116]

She got the Oscar ❤ I'm so happy lol but the choices for them were all amazing and I love Cate too. I've always loved her cheekbones and smile

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yay!!

[@loferx]

Superb video Brian, outstanding, really.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Wow, thanks, you’re too kind!

[@knightterror2826]

I always considered Yeoh such an underappreciated actress. One of the reasons I love Sunshine so much is its powerhouse cast, and I was so glad she was a part of it. As I left the theater after seeing Everything Everywhere, I was thinking that if this didn't earn her the nomination AND the win then the Oscars were definitely now about the politics and no longer about the performances.

[@chrissy1329]

Fantastic video as always. I don't think ive pulled more for someone than Michelle Yeoh in best actress in a long time.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks so much!!

[@samuelhn]

Cate pretty much played a dark version of herself (artist, master of her craft, powerful beyond the men around her, well respected,...). On the other hand, Evelyn Wang could not be further away from Michelle, on top of the fact that the movie concept is completely surreal. Michelle's performance was so believable as an old immigrant lady who failed in life that it grounded all the other bizzare aspects of that movie. In Tar, everything came together like an orchestra to support Cate's performance. In EEAAO, Michelle's performance shone despite all the noise, and even calmed the noise

[@TheAwardsContender]

Great points!!

[@perryjones7771]

I want her to win so badly because I don’t know if she will have another HISTORY MAKING MOVIE!!!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Hoping she gets it!

[@maggiechan33]

Michelle's Chinese Zodiac Animal is Tiger. 2022-2023 is an auspicious year for her, because it is a Golden Tiger Year.

[@Kahayuman]

How about cate?

[@TheAwardsContender]

❤️❤️❤️

[@catwiesel_81]

that movie is a perfect example for lighning in a bottle. no doubt the movie would have been good with jacky chan and awkwafina. But casting Yeoh, Huy Quan and Hsu lifted that movie from something good to a once in a lifetime experience

[@TheAwardsContender]

Absolutely!