The Vincent Chase Award: Are We Sure This Character Is Actually Good at Their Job?
Zed
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- Vincent’s drug use, consideration of sleeping with his boss’s wife, and failure to protect her make him a candidate.
- Vincent loses Butch, overlooks the hidden gunman, shoots Marvin, antagonizes the Wolf, and leaves his weapon unattended.
- Vincent’s Amsterdam stay is jokingly imagined as an exile for incompetence; the movie does not establish this explanation.
- Vincent's extraordinary three days and incompetence are identified as an overlapping hottest take.
- Zed is nominated for failing to secure his captives and relying on the restrained Gimp to supervise Butch.
- The Wolf is challenged for reckless driving, condescension, and a seemingly obvious cleanup-and-junkyard plan; his rapid cleanup is the initial defense.
- Marsellus is questioned for fetching his own doughnuts despite his apparent wealth and authority. A more modest level of criminal success and enjoying errands are offered as defenses.
- Brett is questioned for betraying Marsellus; a defense says he may not know what he stole and was betrayed by Marvin. Trusting Marvin is itself challenged.
- Zed is the final bad-at-his-job choice.