Michael Fassbender's Penis Cost Him An Oscar Nomination
That's the contention of this GQ profile of the actor, who was getting lots of Oscar buzz for Shame until constant focus on his privates took away from the film's golden glow.
The author notes "the surreal, feverish totemization of penis size in our culture: People feel free to harp on about someone's penis as though this is not insulting or inappropriate because, if that penis is sufficiently large, any reference to it is, by default, flattering. (Were he possessed of 'an unimpressive sausage,' so to speak, far less would have been said.)
































