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Academy Vs Audience

Claire Bolton, Dan Gibbins, and Erin Weir

Ever since 1928, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has handed out trophies to what it considered the best in film. Sometimes they were absolutely right, sometimes they were entirely wrong, sometimes they were so, so basic. But in all that time, audiences have had their own opinions, sometimes better, sometimes much worse. And sometimes, when the stars align or the fates allow, they even agree. Academy Vs Audience is a deep dive into Oscar history, revisiting film history from the 1920s

tv & film film history

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98:47

1950: Eve and Delilah

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2022/12/29

It's the 1950s, and we kick off the decade with two very different movies. First, legit classic All About Eve brings us into the backstabbing world of being a woman in theatre through immortal frienemies Margo Channing and Eve Harrington; then, Cecil B. DeMille kicks off 50s Hollywood's obsession with feature length Sunday School classes in Samson and Delilah. Erin, Claire, and Dan love the sass and drama of Eve, but have some strong notes for Delilah. Real highs and lows, and we're

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38:24

Mini-episode: 2022 in Review

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2022/12/15

Before jumping into the 1950s, Erin, Claire, and Dan take a moment to reflect on 2022 in film. What could/should win Best Picture? What's the probable Box Office Champ? Will we see our first Joint Champion in nearly two decades? And which movies delighted us but won't be mentioned on Oscar night? Join us as we look back on 2022 in film.Find all of our episodes and the rest of Writing Therapy Productions' various entertainments at www.writingtherapyproductions.com

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There Now Follows a Brief Intermission

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2022/12/01

With the 1940s wrapped up, Dan, Claire, and Erin take some time to recharge before diving into 1950s Bible Epics, and while they do so, enjoy an outtake from back in the 30s or 40s. Back soon with some true classics, some regrettable leading men, the episode where we say "Good-bye Bing, Hello Marlon," and much more.Find all of our episodes and the rest of Writing Therapy Productions' various entertainments at www.writingtherapyproductions.com

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90:05

1949: Creepy Old Men (feat. Kevin Weir)

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2022/11/17

Kevin Weir is back to dig into weirder corners of Oscar history as Academy Vs Audience wraps up the 1940s with two stories of creepy old white dudes having unfortunate levels of success. Best Picture All The King's Men brings us the uncomfortably prescient tale of Willie Stark, a good man driven to corruption by... well there's some confusion on that front... while the box office champ brings us Jolson Sings Again, a biopic sequel of Al Jolson covering everything the previous biopic of Al

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78:19

1948: A Year For the Theatre Kids

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2022/11/03

It's 1948, and our movies are catnip for theatre kids. First up, Sir Laurence Olivier takes on what's clearly a dream project in Hamlet, and while the Oscars favoured him, Hamlet enthusiasts Claire and Erin have some notes while Dan explains which contemporary horror franchise it slots right into. Next up, The Red Shoes talks passion, obsession, and ballet, and your hosts are passionately obsessed with the results. It's everything a theatre kid could want, in theory, and we're

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48:54

1947 Part 2: Return of the Bing

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2022/10/20

1947's box office champ is weirdly hard to track down, but we found it, so it's time to talk Welcome Stranger! Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald reunite in a movie very desperate to recapture the magic of Going My Way, only with doctors instead of priests. Does letting Bing be sassier and kiss ladies make up for the relative lack of Father Chuck-style improbable do-gooding? Does an old, crotchety doctor distrusting his young replacement make as much sense as with priests? Does a town this

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55:35

1947 Part 1: Underrated Peck Action

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2022/10/06

It's 1947, and the Academy thinks it's time America had a frank talk about how many Nazis are running around two years after World War II ended. Human avatar of gravitas Gregory Peck leads Gentleman's Agreement, in which a journalist goes looking for antisemitism in New York for a story, and finds that it's very much like trying to get a sip of water from a fire hose. Erin, Claire, and Dan dig into Gentleman's Agreement's deep dives into the many faces of bigotry, from

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41:49

1946: The Best Years [citation needed] Of Our Lives

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2022/09/22

It's our third joint champion in five episodes! In the wake of WWII ending, both audiences and the Academy turned out for what might be the coming-home-from-war-movie, The Best Years of Our Lives. Three hours' worth of three men from three military branches having three different struggles returning home, and almost all of them get some sort of resolution! Come on the journey as Erin, Claire, and Dan gush over the film's unlikely MVP, and grapple with how a movie can be three whole

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76:03

1945: Chuck and the Drunk

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2022/09/08

It's 1945, and with the war wrapping up, the Academy is done with comfort viewings, and hands the top prize to Billy Wilder's The Lost Weekend. Audiences, however, are not yet done with joy as an emotion, and flock to the continuing adventures of Father Chuck O'Malley in The Bells of Saint Mary. In one corner, a bleak no-holds-barred look at addiction, or what passed for it under the Hays Code, and in the other, Bing Crosby's Father Chuck sets out to save a school with nothing

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58:40

1944: Comfort Flicks With Bing

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2022/08/25

It's our second Joint Champion of the 1940s, and what Dan calls "The Yancey Cravat of the 40s," as Claire, Erin, and Dan dive into Going My Way with Bing Crosby. Father Chuck O'Malley rolls into town with military grade love and tolerance, and no supporting character will escape without their lives being improved through uncut Mr. Rogers belief in their best selves. Is Father Chuck a man or some sort of divine intervention? Does this movie's success prove schmaltz sells, and

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1943: The Best of Times, the Worst of Times (feat....

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2022/08/11

1943... the world's at war, and the film world is reacting, but in ways good and bad. For you see, inside all of us are two wolves: Rick's Café American, and the Stage Door Canteen. And the Academy and Audience fed very different wolves. The Oscars hand the top trophy to Casablanca, about as correct a choice as can be made, while the audience turned out for army fundraiser This is the Army with Ronald Reagan, which our returning guest Munsi Parker-Munroe likens to the US funding Al Qaeda

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70:37

1942: One Miniver To Rule Them All

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2022/07/30

It's 1942, America has joined the war in Europe, and so both Academy and Audience flock to the sweet, pastoral, hard-hitting propaganda picture Mrs. Miniver. The Miniver family navigates life and love and also the Blitz. Which of our hosts get caught up in it all? How do they react to the vignette-based narrative? Was 1942 too early to make a movie about a war that was very much still happening? Does the propaganda still hit, or do they spend entirely too much time on competitive rose breeding

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98:37

1941: Valleys, Green? (feat. Olav Rokne)

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2022/07/14

It's 1941: the valleys are green, the accent work is shoddy, and nobody's cast age-appropriate. Erin, Claire, Dan, and special guest Olav Rokne (co-runner of the Hugo Book Club blog) take on How Green Was My Valley, one of the more infamous Best Picture winners, to figure out if Film History gives it more hate than it deserves. Some find simple beauty, some find subtle anti-capitalist themes, Dan tells us which scene he could watch on a loop for two hours, all agree that casting choices

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96:13

1940: Gloom and Boom

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2022/06/29

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1939: Blown Away

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2022/06/16

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1938: No Thoughts, Just Vibes (feat. Kevin Weir)

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2022/06/02

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1937: Fools and Horses

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2022/05/19

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79:29

1936: Greats and Disasters

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2022/05/05

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1935: Gable on a Boat

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2022/04/21

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90:50

1934: The Reign of Claudette Colbert

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2022/04/07

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