Questions of the Day
 
The two most powerful American screen performances I have seen this year are those of Sean Penn in “Milk” and of Viola Davis in “Doubt.” But: will the building anger over the passage of California’s Proposition 8 help or hurt the Best Actor Oscar chances for Penn (and for the movie in general)? And will the election of Obama be a tide that helps lift Davis to a Best Supporting Actress statuette?
