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hesychasm

oblig Oscars post

Feb 24, 2013 13:55

I was looking forward to going to an Oscar party tonight and cleaning up with my winning bracket, haha, but we're having to flake out at the last minute. :-(

GoldDerby.com is where I go for expert predictions. My thoughts on the Best Picture nominees below:

Argo - 27% of votes, 27/10 odds ( Read more... )

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jeviltwin February 24 2013, 21:30:36 UTC

Almost went to see Life of Pi or Amour today, but then ended up spending a whole bunch of money, in under an hour, buying stuff like drain unclogger and tampons and think I'll just wait 'til later in the week ( ... )

hesychasm February 24 2013, 22:19:34 UTC

TL;DR precursor: ahahah, I will never get tired of word-vom'ing with you. ;)

OMG can I talk about Jamie Foxx for a second, b/c I just watched that video and fallen in love all over again. He's recycled a lot of the same stories and lines in his various interviews (which is fine, most actors do). But in my first link above, he's speaking to Oprah, and he tells her a story I hadn't heard before about a particular incidence of racism he experienced in Texas in the 1980s, and then he says this horrifying thing about how he managed to get through it because his grandmother told him to be "like the furniture" whenever stuff like that happened. And just...look how far he's come from that. He's got a more diverse array of talents in his pinky finger than most people combined (piano! singing! comedy! drama! high school football captain for god's sake!), but he still remembers his roots, vividly, and he has so much respect for other black entertainers and actors, and so you get this sense that HE DOESN'T EVEN THINK HE'S ALL THAT in comparison ( ... )

aud_woman_in February 25 2013, 07:08:21 UTC

Amour - 7%, 14/1 odds

Didn't see. Really want to. Afraid it will break me.

Ditto. Maybe we could Netflix it when I'm in DC and talk each other down afterward...but here's an interesting take on it from an LA Times critic. (I have no idea why it's headed by a still from Argo.)

hesychasm February 25 2013, 17:41:51 UTC

Heh, yes...this article just confirms that it'll be a harrowing experience. I don't have Netflix at the moment, but we'll see when you get here!