How to Finally Reboot the Oscars
The Mother Jones Podcast
Mother Jones
4.5 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2019
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Oscar buzz isn’t what it used to be. In recent years, the Academy Awards have been criticized—and rightfully so—for its lack of diversity and inclusion across members, nominees, and winners. Fraught with a host of issues this year, the spotlight on the night is brighter than ever. Joining host Jamilah King for a hilarious, blistering conversation about what the Oscars are getting right and wrong are April Reign, the founder of the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag, and Tre'vell Anderson, the Entertainment and Culture Director at Out Magazine.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Mother Jones Podcast. |
| 0:02.0 | I'm Jamila King in New York. |
| 0:04.0 | The Oscars are this weekend. |
| 0:10.0 | This year sets a record for The Oscars are this weekend. |
| 0:13.0 | This year sets a record for the number of women nominated across the board. |
| 0:18.0 | But how far have we really come to including the vast array of stories that make up what it really means to be human. |
| 0:25.0 | Okay, that's super existential, I know yikes, but go with me here. |
| 0:30.0 | If you've been around Twitter or even just reading the newspaper, you can't have missed it. |
| 0:35.0 | Under the unflinching gaze of really loud critics like the ones in the studio today, |
| 0:40.0 | the Oscars are so scrutinized and for good reason. |
| 0:44.0 | So how has the annual celebration of all things |
| 0:46.7 | film changed and where is it still stuck? |
| 0:50.3 | And of course, who's gonna win? |
| 0:54.0 | All of that and more with two awesome studio guests. |
| 0:59.0 | I know they've got opinions. |
| 1:01.0 | Stick around. If recent years are anything to go by, the Oscar-nominated films themselves will be supporting |
| 1:14.8 | characters to the real conversations about this cultural institution. |
| 1:18.9 | Diversity, inclusion, and how the hell the Oscars are still so white. |
| 1:25.0 | Last year we had a new movement take hold. |
| 1:30.0 | H-tag Times Up. |
| 1:32.0 | On Hollywood's biggest night it was... hold. H-H-T-T-S-U. |
| 1:33.2 | On Hollywood's biggest night, it was activism that took center-stage. |
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