What Does 'Best Picture' Even Mean? | The Oscars Show (Ep. 117)

The Big Picture

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Tv & Film

4.2 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2019

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

This week, we explore how the various guild awards can tell us who is in the best position to bring home Oscars (0:53). Then, we try and digest the deluge of ‘Green Book’ controversies (25:21). Finally, we try and place our finger on an answer to the existential question hanging over our show: What does 'Best Picture' even mean (32:42)? Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Links: This Is the Most Wide-Open Best Picture Race in Years, Sean Fennessey Green Book Director Used to Flash His Penis As a Joke, Anna Silman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Liz Kelly and welcome to the Ringer Podcast Network.
0:04.8	True Detective is back and the Ringer's Chris Ryan and Jason Concepcion are art guides
0:09.2	as we navigate the twisting pathways of season 3's plots, themes and characters on the flat
0:14.2	circle a true detective after show.
0:17.0	Follow Jason and Chris as they chase down leads, explore each episode's cultural context,
0:21.8	and discuss true crime cases that mirror the ones in the show.
0:24.9	Join the guys live every Sunday night after True Detective on the Ringer's YouTube, Twitter,
0:29.2	Facebook pages.
0:38.2	I'm Sean Phenese and I'm Amanda Dobbins and this is the Big Picture, a conversation show
0:42.3	about the Oscars.
0:43.3	Amanda, we're going to jump right into the Big Pictures Big Picture this week.
0:46.8	This is a problem in the Big Picture, do you know what I mean?
0:53.7	We are less than six weeks away from Oscar night and we are doing a new episode to talk
0:58.3	about every other award that is happening in the known award season universe right now.
1:03.1	They're coming fast and furious last night we saw the Critics Choice Awards.
1:06.8	Let me ask you a question, have you ever watched the Critics Choice Awards?
1:09.4	You know, I wouldn't rule it out but I don't have a specific memory.
1:13.5	Okay, okay.
1:14.5	Wasn't it like on TNT for a while?
1:16.7	I believe it was on the CW last night.
1:18.7	Yes, but I think before that, I don't know, sometimes you pick up an award show from
1:22.9	time to time.
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