The Waves: Hollywood Needs an Overhaul
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🗓️ 9 March 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s episode of The Waves, Slate culture writer Nadira Goffe is joined by film producer, host of the Hollywood Gold podcast, and Stay Gold Features founder Daniela Taplin Lundberg to discuss the challenges of film production and the importance of movies that tell women’s stories, even when they seem too risky to make.
In Slate Plus, Nadira and Daniela talk about their favorite (surprisingly) feminist movies.
Podcast production by Cheyna Roth and Tori Dominguez with editorial oversight by Daisy Rosario and Alicia Montgomery.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Waves, Slates podcast about gender, feminism, and this week the Academy |
| 0:19.0 | Awards. |
| 0:20.0 | Every episode you get a new pair of feminists to talk about the thing we can't get off |
| 0:23.7 | our minds, and today you've got me, Nadira Gough, associate culture writer at Slate. |
| 0:29.0 | The Academy Awards, also known as in here to refer to as the Oscars, is around the |
| 0:34.4 | corner once again, and this year the ceremony is making headlines for many reasons. |
| 0:39.9 | For one, the 2023 Oscars is following a highly controversial broadcast, when an altercation |
| 0:45.3 | between Will Smith and Chris Rock last year not only stunned viewers but also overshadowed |
| 0:49.8 | the female nominees historic wins, including Jane Campion becoming the third female director |
| 0:54.5 | in history, and second female director in a row to win the award for Best Director, |
| 0:58.9 | and Ariana DeBos becoming the first queer woman of color to win Best Supporting Actress. |
| 1:03.4 | This year, the Oscars will have a crisis team to somehow deal with any critical mishaps. |
| 1:08.9 | How I'm not so sure, but one thing that's clear is there is no crisis team to deal with |
| 1:14.3 | the Oscars history of overlooking marginalized groups, including women, in the entertainment |
| 1:19.1 | industry as a whole, but particularly behind the camera. |
| 1:24.1 | But that problem, of course, doesn't start with the Oscars, but with the barriers to |
| 1:27.6 | actually getting a film made. |
| 1:29.9 | On today's show, I'm going to be joined by Daniella Taplin-Lunberg, host of the Hollywood |
| 1:34.1 | Gold Podcast, as well as a film producer and founder of Stake Old Features, the production |
| 1:38.5 | company behind films such as Harriet and Honeyboy, to discuss all of this and more. |
| 1:43.2 | But first, we're going to take a quick break. |
| 1:47.3 | Hey waves listeners, if you're loving the show and want to hear more, subscribe to our |
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