The Top 20 Performances of 2020 and 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'

The Big Picture

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Tv & Film

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🗓️ 21 December 2020

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Awards season has officially begun with the New York and L.A. Film Critics handing out their annual awards over the weekend. Sean and Amanda talk about the winners and what they mean for the Oscar race (1:00). Then they look at 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom,' Netflix's adaptation of the August Wilson play that stars Viola Davis and in one of his final performances, the late, truly great Chadwick Boseman (13:00). And then we'll be giving out some hardware of our own: naming the 20 best movie performances of 2020 (25:00). Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Sean Fennesee.
0:07.0	I'm Amanda Davins.
0:08.4	And this is the big picture a conversation show about the best acting we've seen in
0:12.8	our whole lives this year.
0:15.1	Award season has officially begun with the New York and LA critics handing out their annual
0:18.7	awards over the weekend.
0:19.7	We'll talk about the winners and what they mean for this Oscar race.
0:23.0	Then we'll look at Maureenie's Black Bottom Netflix's adaptation of the August Wilson
0:26.6	play, which stars Viola Davis, and in one of his final performances, the late truly great
0:31.6	Chadwick Boseman.
0:32.9	And then we'll be giving out some hardware of our own, naming the 20 best movie performances
0:37.2	of 2020.
0:38.2	It's all coming up on the big picture.
0:46.0	Amanda, good morning to you and absolutely not good morning to the New York Jets who I
0:56.4	hate and I hope are banished from the game of football.
0:59.6	How are you doing today?
1:01.0	I thought that that was going to be not a part of this podcast.
1:03.9	I thought we were going to set some boundaries.
1:05.6	I think you were going to set some emotional boundaries and that didn't happen.
1:09.9	Okay.
1:10.9	I'm better than you are because I have a grip on reality with respect to the various sports
1:15.6	leagues that are in or not in my life or franchises as the case may be.
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