G,I'm talking about Washington's role in Training Day. It would be doubtful if the roles were reversed in Monster's Ball of a WW and BM doing that sex scene if she was nominated for Best Actress.
Denzel's character of Alonzo in Training Day was riveting. He was the man who knows the town and the people, thereby, for this reason, he is the biggest bully in town. While Denzel said that Alonzo was not the bad guy but a victim. I'd say that Alonzo was seduced by the power he had and he had loyalties that were twisted. And his downfall was more of his own making. And it was well done in classic Hollywood style.