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| Matthew McConaughey |
Once in awhile, there are those few performances that get buzz. Nobody knows why, but it only gives people more incentive to give it a peek. Of all movies to get this treatment from the past year, nobody would have suspected director Steven Soderbergh's stripper drama Magic Mike to make the cut. It became a runaway summer hit that has since entered the zeitgest through numerous parodies (most notably on a Joseph Gordon-Levitt hosted Saturday Night Live episode) and has made some consider the actors to be more than just pretty faces. The one to receive this praise the most is Matthew McConaughey, which seems odd when you consider his reputation as a shirtless Lothario. Does his performance as a wise-cracking stripper stand what it takes to get a Best Supporting Actor nomination?
