Oscars Preview with A.O. Scott | Episode 25

Cannonball with Wesley Morris

The New York Times

News, News Commentary, Arts, Society & Culture

4.7 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2017

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

“La La Land” is probably going to win a lot of Oscars on Sunday. Perhaps even for best picture. But it’s O.K. Truly. We are joined by A. O. Scott, a chief film critic for The New York Times, to discuss our predictions and preferences for the Academy Awards. Since it’s the last week of Black History Month, we talk about a few of our favorite moments from the past week. And we play another round of Did They Vote for Trump? This time it’s the “Roseanne” edition.

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0:00.0	I'm Wesley Morris.
0:01.2	I'm Jenna Wortham and this is still processing.
0:06.0	I mean, it happened faster than I thought it would have been.
0:11.6	No, I support whatever just happened.
0:13.8	Listen, we're doing a lot of stuff on today's show.
0:17.7	I mean, we've got a lot of business to cover.
0:19.6	We've got a lot of things to take care of.
0:21.2	Oscar Week.
0:22.5	Check.
0:23.3	Oscars are Sunday.
0:24.4	Check.
0:25.0	People want to know who's going to win.
0:27.1	Let's not be around the bush about what's going to happen on Sunday.
0:31.6	Hearts are going to be broken.
0:33.7	Viewers are going to be disappointed.
0:35.3	If this show does nothing else this week, it has to remind people that it's okay
0:41.6	when La La Land wins best picture.
0:43.6	Oh, yeah.
0:44.2	Maybe 13 other Academy Awards.
0:46.3	Just prepare yourself.
0:47.2	Just prepare.
0:47.6	I mean, take our hand and let us guide you.
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