Culture Gabfest - Weirdest Oscars Ever
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🗓️ 30 March 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
This week, the panel begins by breaking down everything that went down during the weirdest Oscars ever. Then, the panel is joined by author, professor, and Slate’s pop critic, Jack Hamilton, to discuss Adam McKay’s over-stylized docudrama about the 1980s Lakers, Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty. Finally, the panel is joined by Slate senior writer Mark Joseph Stern to discuss Disney CEO Bob Chapek and his response to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill.
In Slate Plus, the panel discusses Oscars fashion.
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Endorsements
Dana: Bill McGlaughlin’s syndicated five-week-long series on WFMT public radio, Latin Carnival. McGlaughlin sits at the piano while he DJs, guiding us through a journey of Latin carnival music from the Middle Ages to current day. Listen before it expires!
Julia: Two pieces of great Oscars coverage from the LA Times. FIrst: Greg Braxton’s commentary, “With the slap, Smith tarnished a night of pride for Black Hollywood—and his legacy.” Second: Mary McNamara’s column, “Will Smith’s slap overshadows a historic night for women at the 2022 Oscars.”
Steve: The Cure! But more specifically, three different covers of their song “Just Like Heaven.” One by the Scottish synth-pop group CHVRCHES alongside English musician, Robert Smith. Another by the rock band Dinosaur Jr.. And a third by American singer-songwriters Christian Lee Hutson and Shamir and (also check out his song “Lose This Number”).
Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Nadira Goffe.
Outro music is “Backwards" by Staffan Carlen.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Stephen Metcalf and this is the Slate Culture Gap Fest weirdest Oscars ever edition. |
| 0:16.2 | It's Wednesday, March 30th, 2022, and today's show we discuss another ho-hum night at the |
| 0:21.9 | Oscars. |
| 0:22.9 | Oh dear, in addition to the incident, a slew of winners, losers, surprises as well as the |
| 0:28.7 | usual trends to overthink, which I'm eager to do. |
| 0:32.2 | And then HBO has a new limited on the rise of the great 1980s Laker Dynasty. |
| 0:37.7 | It stars John C. Riley as Jerry Bus, the team's Petey Barnum-like owner, and Quincy Isaiah |
| 0:43.3 | as Irvin Johnson, aka the incomparable magic, who together transformed not just to franchise |
| 0:50.4 | but an entire sport. |
| 0:51.7 | And finally, gay, gay, gay, gay, there. |
| 0:55.4 | I said it. |
| 0:56.7 | Well Disney, now that there is a don't say gay law in Florida, we'll be joined by Slate's |
| 1:02.3 | Mark Joseph Stern to discuss. |
| 1:05.3 | And joining me first is Julia Turner Deputy Managing Editor at the LA Times. |
| 1:09.7 | Julia, you have busy 24 hours, I bet. |
| 1:12.9 | Yeah. |
| 1:13.9 | Just another low-key night at the Oscars. |
| 1:15.9 | You're at ground zero out there, land and plant. |
| 1:18.7 | I cannot wait to talk to you. |
| 1:20.4 | And Dana Stevens, you as well as a veteran film watcher, you're the film critic of Slate. |
| 1:25.2 | Hey, how's it going? |
| 1:26.2 | Hello. |
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