That’s why this year more so than ever before, as awards season trains its spotlight once again on actors who are accustomed to such gold-tinted attention, we felt it was vital to properly recognize those ubiquitous yet under-acknowledged performers whose regular appearances on our devices were one of the few joys we were afforded during lockdown. When your social circle has shrunk down to your immediate household, the glimmer of recognition that comes from spotting a familiar face in a movie provides more dopamine than it probably should. In the era of Peak TV and the subsequent streaming boom, character actors are working more than ever before - and since many of us have little else to do but stare at our screens, it’s precisely these performers who have filled the gap left by our secondary bonds. These were not deep relationships, but even so, there was a comforting familiarity in encountering the same faces on a semi-regular basis.įortunately, while those people who played such treasured peripheral roles in our lives have for the moment (a year and counting) gone away, we’ve been able to turn to the people playing treasured peripheral roles in entertainment to pick up the slack. People like your roommate’s high-school friend, the neighbor who took the same subway line, the co-worker you always saw in the kitchen. Photo-Illustration: by Vulture Photos by Shutterstock, HBO, 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures, Netflix, Newmarket Films, A24, New Line Cinema, FX, Sony Pictures Releasing, Paramount Pictures, Gramercy Pictures, Sony Pictures Television and Focus FeaturesĪs many have noted, a small but significant loss we’ve all faced during quarantine has been the disappearance of the casual acquaintance.
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