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# Oscars Fug/Fab Face-Off: Meryl Streep vs Amanda Peet
- URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/oscars-fugfab-face-off-meryl-streep-vs-amanda-peet-03-2014/
- Published: 2014-03-05T14:00:31.000Z
- Updated: 2015-02-26T00:57:46.000Z
- Author: Heather
- Tags: Awards & Galas, 2014 Oscars, Oscars, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-07 07:39

I think Meryl may take this one.

[![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ffn_ff_oscars_arr_b2_030214_51344665.xml "Meryl Streep")](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2014/03/FFN%5FFF%5FOscars%5FArr%5FB2%5F030214%5F51344665.jpg?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)

She looked classy, lovely, and like she had a blast. I think that might be because she knew there was no chance she'd win. I had been trying to explain her performance in *August: Osage County* to Jessica, but the clips stood for themselves; she actually shrieked with laughter. The thing is, I don't blame Meryl. The movie itself is so airless that I think Meryl was trying desperately to fill what turned out to be a vacuum. It was a fruitless exercise. But if they'd RECOGNIZED that and advertised it as a comedy of accents and bellowing, then maybe it would've done better. Still, Meryl herself will emerge unscathed, and rightly, and I still think she'd be a gas at a cocktail lounge.

Here is Amanda Peet, who actually acquitted herself better than usual:

[![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/476268177.xml "Amanda Peet")](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2014/03/476268177.jpg?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)

Of course it's black and white -- that's all she ever does, if she doesn't stick with one or the other -- but it's also actually rather reasonable. She loses points for her hair being somewhat upset with itself, and the shirt isn't as graceful as Meryl's, but she's wearing lipstick AND a bracelet AND she painted her toenails AND her shoes are at least trying to be something, which means she may actually be better at this all of a sudden than a lot of people.

\[Photos: Getty\]