"The United States vs. Billie Holiday"

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

For our main podcast review this week, I am joined by Josh Parham, Dan Bayer & guest Kathia Woods. Together, the four of us are reviewing the final Oscar contender for the 2020-2021 film year, "The United States vs. Billie Holiday," directed by Lee Daniels ("Precious"). Starring Grammy-nominated singer, Andra Day, in her feature film acting debut, the film has received mixed responses but Day's performance as the iconic Black singer has been critically lauded. What did we think of her and the film around her? Tune in below to find out and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is our review of the United States versus Billy Holiday.
0:06.4	Don't you know who this is?
0:09.4	She was thinking of something more special.
0:12.2	I'm downright flashy, you know.
0:14.4	Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Billy Holliday.
0:19.3	The reporters keep asking me.
0:22.6	Billy, why do you do the things you do? This is what I tell him.
0:24.6	I love me.
0:26.6	He love you.
0:28.6	When I take a...
0:29.6	The NEP says, Billy Holiday is the voice of our people.
0:34.6	I think we should integrate the audience for this show.
0:36.6	It's change it up a little bit.
0:38.3	You know, blacks and whites sitting together.
0:41.9	You knew what you were getting yourself into
0:43.6	when you decided to come on the road.
0:44.9	Get out my goddamn close.
0:46.3	I'm going to take everything except your bra and your man.
0:50.5	Which one of my songs is your favorite song.
0:53.3	Strange fruit.
0:56.0	It's a song about important things, you know. Things that are going on in the country.
0:59.0	This holiday woman's causing a lot of people to think the wrong things.
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