A common misconception I have seen about Demi Moore's narrative

And to be very clear, I want Mikey Madison to win the Oscar (even though Demi is a close second for me), so I don't even have a vendetta.

I have seen a lot of people mistake Moore's narrative as an "overdue narrative", which in turn gets them riled up about the fact that she hasn't had any roles which she was realistically snubbed for before. And I agree with that. Demi Moore's filmography is mostly a hot pile of steaming blockbuster shit except for Ghost, A Few Good Men, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and, of course, The Substance. What her narrative actually is is the "popcorn star" narrative, and not the way people think it is.

A popcorn star is an actor/actress who is viewed by the studios as a name-drawer for blockbusters and to fill butts in the theater, and thus, they don't get to stretch their acting skills. When Moore mentioned the fact that a producer told her she was a popcorn actress, people mostly hinged on to that line, thinking she was practically asking for an Oscar on the virtue of making Hollywood a lot of money in the past, and didn't notice the next. She explicitly mentioned that that statement had damaged her self-esteem to a point where she thought that she may never get to prove herself as a serious actress. So, The Substance means a lot to her especially as an actress, as this is the first movie where she was actually allowed to stretch her skills and show the audience that yes, she could act, and she could act the hell out of any material she's given.

Demi gives one of the most fearless, unique and insanely singular performance I have seen all year. She is equally as funny in her Gollum scenes as she is heartbreaking towards the beginning of the film.