SAG Awards Film Analysis: Will Smith Is Oscar’s Leading Man and ‘Coda’ Becomes a Disruptor

With tight races for Best Ensemble and Lead Actress, suspense ran high before the hour-long live Screen Actors Guild Awards show Sunday night.

Despite the phalanx of safety protocols that proceeded their arrival at Santa Monica’s Barker Hanger, attendees seemed delighted to be there.Emotions overflowed as Brian Cox and Michael Keaton, among others, reminded viewers that beleaguered Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky was once a comedian, a member of their ranks.

Both Lifetime Achievement winner Helen Mirren and Female Leading Actor winner Jessica Chastain (“The Eyes of Tammy Faye”) reached out to their fellow actors who sustain them.

“The thing that kept me going was this community,” said Chastain.

“I love my artistic family, my heart is with the international family around the world who is fighting for their safety and freedom.”The big winner of the night is the heart-tugging deaf family drama “Coda” (AppleTV+) for Cast in a Motion Picture.

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