American Fictions: Why Oscar Contender Cord Jefferson (Still) Gives a F*ck
Pablo Torre Finds Out
Pablo Torre
4.7 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 28 December 2023
⏱️ 54 minutes
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This year, Emmy-winning screenwriter Cord Jefferson (Watchmen, Succession, The Good Place, Master of None) has become a major Oscar contender for his directorial debut movie, American Fiction. So we wanted to ask Cord the truth about awards, competitiveness, race, external validation, and happiness. Also, the Men In Black soundtrack.
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| 0:32.5 | So I don't know if you know Core Jefferson by name yet, but you are about to. I keep on warning people |
| 0:39.8 | about this. When Cord visited the studio to tape this episode, it was before American fiction |
| 0:45.1 | was everywhere. It is now in theaters, by the way. Use your God-given right as an American during |
| 0:50.6 | the holiday season to go watch a movie by yourself and apologize for nothing. |
| 0:55.7 | American fiction, a great candidate for that. You could also do it with friends, as I did, but you know |
| 0:59.6 | what? Also, just solo. Also great. It's been as prophesied on this show, collecting basically |
| 1:08.9 | every sort of award nomination, deservedly. Golden Globe nominations, |
| 1:14.9 | Critics Choice nominations. There is so much Oscar buzz officially, even more so now, |
| 1:21.0 | Independent Spirit Awards, Gotham, Independent Film stuff. It's just all of it, all of it so um that's today's episode um cord |
| 1:31.2 | himself is a total delight so consume this then consume that please enjoy welcome to pablo tore finds out |
| 1:39.8 | i am pablo torre and today we're going to find out what this sound is man Man, if I look like Sterling K. Brown with my shirt off, I'd be shirtless right here. |
| 1:49.4 | I'd be surless on this damn podcast. |
| 1:51.8 | Right after this ad. |
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