What we SHOULD have been talking about after the Oscars
The John Fugelsang Podcast
Crossover Media Group
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 29 March 2022
⏱️ 49 minutes
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John discusses Will Smith, Chris Rock, and what we should really be talking about after the Oscars. Plus, an interview with Dave Zirin, Sports Editor of The Nation about Brittney Griner, and the "Don't Say Gay" Bill becomes law in Florida.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the John Fugel-Sang Podcast. |
| 0:07.0 | The Academy Awards are a very sacred time, right? |
| 0:12.0 | I mean, it's the time when we honor great achievements in cinema |
| 0:16.4 | by talking about the clothes people are wearing, and by talking about the ratings a TV special gets. |
| 0:24.0 | Well, I'm not going to say it was the worst Academy Awards. |
| 0:29.0 | I'm not going to say it was the darkest moment ever. |
| 0:31.0 | I will say, as a movie fan, I've had plenty of times when I've gone to |
| 0:34.4 | bed angry after the Oscars I've seldom gone to bed this depressed and we really |
| 0:41.2 | want to know what you guys thought about what happened last night. |
| 0:44.0 | And even more interestingly, what do you think of the reactions that happened last night? |
| 0:49.0 | LAPD investigative entities are aware of an incident between two individuals during the Academy Awards Program. That is the LA Police Department statement that they put out today. They continue, the incident involved one individual slapping another. |
| 1:05.6 | The individual involved has declined to file a police report. If the involved party desires a police report at a later date, LAPD will be available to complete an investigative report. |
| 1:17.4 | Sounds pretty simple and mundane, but I'm hoping this is going to be a teachable moment for everyone. |
| 1:24.4 | This should have been the Oscars where we're talking about, you know, the first male deaf actor to win an Oscar. |
| 1:31.6 | Troy Coetz, for Best Supporting Actor for Coda. |
| 1:34.4 | This should have been the year we talked about the first openly queer person of |
| 1:38.8 | color to win an acting Oscar. I think he's the first openly queer person to win an acting Oscar. I think he's the first openly queer person to win an acting |
| 1:44.8 | Oscar. That would be Ariana de Bois winning best supporting actress for playing Anita in West Side |
| 1:50.8 | Story. And by the way, she changed history. We've talked about this before that the only, |
| 1:56.0 | there were only two characters in cinema history where two different actors, both won Oscars for playing the same character. Now there are three. Try the |
| 2:06.0 | strivet one out on your friends or coworkers. What are the three characters in |
| 2:10.0 | history in movie history that two different actors won Academy Awards for playing. |
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