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Talkie Talk Ep. 7: Reality Competition

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The seventh episode of The Media By Us pan-media podcast, Talkie Talk.

In this episode, we have Brent, Chris and David (TJ is on assignment) discuss their Watchlist/Playlist before diving into Reality Competition shows to fill the media void (The Challenge, Are You the One?, Stranded with a Million Dollar, and Survivor).

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Intro – Watchlist/Playlist:
Homework Follow-up: Swingers
David – All About Eve, Playing: Fallout: New Vegas
Chris – E.R., X-Men: Apocalypse, Logan
Brent – The Americans, The Bernie Mac Show, There Will Be Blood, Playing: Skyrim, 8-Bit Halfwit Teaser
Main Topic: Reality Competition TV
The Challenge, Are You the One?, Stranded with a Million Dollars, Survivor
New Homework Assignment: Kung Fu Panda (new to Netflix)

(Slight warning: Some mild language)

(Intro music – courtesy of Willow Walkers / Outro music – “Vagabond” courtesy of Jockers Dance Orchestra through the Free Music Archive)

And Then There Were Ten – in which our intrepid hero goes back and expands the Academy Award Best Picture nominations to ten nominations, and goes about filling those hypothetical slots. This time – it’s 2008 – the previous entry is The Dark Knight (Box Office Hero).

Chapter 2: Actors Acting for Acting Actors (Doubt)

https://i0.wp.com/fanart.tv/fanart/movies/14359/moviebackground/doubt-503ba42b5a4f5.jpg?resize=840%2C473&ssl=1 — Streep, Amy, and Hoffman on their debut EP cover art (image: fanart.tv)

The Actors’ showcase is a great way for a film to get its foot in the Academy door. More than that, an actor-friendly film is an established pathway to not just multiple acting nominations, but typically a Best Picture nomination as well. The Academy has only about 6,000 members – nearly a fourth of the members are actors. It is not a stretch to posit that Academy members are capable and even pre-dispositioned to recognize its own department as the key to an exceptional film. Our beloved statistics bear this out as well.

Continue reading “And Then There Were Ten: 2008, The Actors’ Showcase”