Yeah but ask yourself: take out Angela from WK and it becomes an inferior movie. Would the same happen with EEAAO if you take out JLC?
Does it though? For full disclosure, I would have loved to see her win, because she has been amongst the best for over two decades now, and I truly believe she is on the level of Viola Davis, Alfre Woodard, and Julianne Moore, who do not give bad performances in any capacity, but I am just not impressed with this one. She simply hits all the right notes, nothing more, nothing less. Personally, I think any half-decent actress could have done what she did, but that is more on the script than her actual talent. Like you alluded, there is very little for her to bite into, and her character is also well-established for years now, so she did the best she could. It is what it is.
