I want to preface this by saying Everything Everywhere All at Once was a phenomenal movie, I adored it and literally couldn't bring myself to blink at some points because I didn't want to miss a single frame.
BUT. I think Cate Blanchett in Tar was absolutely miles ahead of Michelle Yeoh's performance in EEAAO. There was so much more nuance in her performance. And again, I fucking adored EEAAO.
I'm disappointed to see people (not pointed at anyone in this thread, I mean generally) act like Cate doesn't 'deserve' it just because she's unlucky enough to be up against a woefully under-respected actress. If she wins, she earned it by putting on a genuinely amazing performance. The Academy's problems with race and horribly stale voting committee shouldn't mean we denigrate genuinely talented actresses.