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THB #314: 5 Weeks To Oscar/ Gina Prince-Bythewood

THB #314: 5 Weeks To Oscar/ Gina Prince-Bythewood

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Feb 09, 2023
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Welcome to Disney Earnings Day… more on that to come… less interesting than expected…

I am nearing (I hope), the end of a fun little head cold. I started writing 2 different newsletters yesterday. One was about the current state of this Oscar season. (Boring Lull… all done… until tomorrow…) And then, after someone alerted me to Gina Prince-Bythewood’s piece in The Hollywood Reporter, I started writing about that… which was a complete rabbit hole situation.

How does one separate righteous anger over a long-term, legitimate grievance from the most blatant display of, “You didn’t pick me… the only excuse you have is that you are a bunch of assholes!” we have seen since 2023 Best Director nominee for the Best Picture-nominated Neon/Swedish film, Triangle of Sadness, Ruben Östlund freaked out in this real-or-performed reaction to his 2015 film Force Majeure not getting nominated for Best Foreign Language film…

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