Bonus: The Oscars
Deep Background with Noah Feldman
Pushkin Industries
4.4 • 848 Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2020
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Charles Randolph, the screenwriter behind “The Big Short” and “Bombshell” discusses turning real life stories into Hollywood movies, and shares what he would like to change about the Academy Awards.
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| 0:00.0 | Pushkin. |
| 0:08.7 | It's hard to read the news these days without asking yourself, how did we get here? |
| 0:13.8 | Fiasco is a history podcast for the co-creators of Slow Burn. |
| 0:17.6 | In our first season, Bush v. Gore, we examined an unmistakable turning point in American |
| 0:22.1 | politics, the 2000 election, which resulted in a high-stakes stalemate, ended with one of the most |
| 0:27.7 | controversial rulings in Supreme Court history. So if you're trying to make sense at the present |
| 0:32.0 | moment, check out Fiasco, Bush v. Gore. Listen on theHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. |
| 0:40.8 | From Pushkin Industries, this is deep background, the show where we explore the stories behind the stories in the news. |
| 0:47.7 | I'm Noah Feldman. In honor of the Academy Awards this weekend, we have an extra special episode for you about the movie |
| 0:55.1 | Bombshell. |
| 0:57.1 | Bombshell is based on the sexual harassment scandal at Fox News that brought down CEO |
| 1:01.7 | Roger Ailes. |
| 1:03.1 | The movie is up for several awards. |
| 1:05.3 | Best actress for Charlize Theron, best supporting actress from Margot Robbie, and Best Makeup |
| 1:10.2 | and Hair styling. I got to speak to the screenwriter, Charles Randolph, but how... Best Supporting Actress from Margot Robbie and Best Makeup and Hairstyling. |
| 1:11.7 | I got to speak to the screenwriter, Charles Randolph, but how the movie came into existence |
| 1:16.4 | and about his views on the awards process in general and the complicated politics that surround |
| 1:22.8 | them. Charles, thank you so much for being here. This is a thrill for me. Gladly, gladly. I want to start |
| 1:31.1 | talking about the process that led you to write the screenplay for bombshell. Okay. And take us back. |
| 1:38.0 | You had just, maybe it was right when you had just won your Academy Award for Big Short, |
| 1:43.1 | or maybe it was before that, what was |
| 1:44.6 | the timing in relation to that? Yeah, it was not long after, you know. So you're at the top of your |
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