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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA MAHERSHALA ALI, LUKE CAGE (NETFLIX)

- MYLES ARONOWITZ, NETFLIX

Rooting for the guy who took home the bestsuppor­ting-actor trophy at the Oscars this year doesn’t sound too out-there, until you remember that his television performanc­e was in a superhero show. Ali steals the Marvel series as the villainous Cottonmout­h, a local crime boss with big dreams. He dominates the screen in every one of his scenes, using the same smile and soft-spoken eloquence made famous in Moonlight, only in a more sinister manner. When he’s absent, the often-great

Cage noticeably suffers.

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