At the Oscars, it will be competing in the seemingly less
competitive Adapted Screenplay category, because the Tarell Alvin McCraney play it elegantly translates, rearranges, and personalizes is technically unproduced.
Not exact matches
This year saw a handful of ties; Best Director, Best Supporting Actress and
Adapted Screenplay proved to extremely
competitive categories.
This will help her case in what is once again a very
competitive Oscar
category for
Adapted Screenplay.
Original
screenplay was a much less
competitive category this year than
adapted screenplay, with Spotlight and Inside Out the only real locks, and the former a heavy overall favorite.