Arts AA Meeting Episode 4: Historical Figures and the Mentally Challenged
posted by on February 15 at 10:41 AM
Dear everyone: AA Meeting is the weekly Stranger podcast devoted to the Academy Awards, from nominees’ odds to winner predictions to all the rest of that meaningless award-show bullshit I’m physically incapable of ignoring.
In this week’s episode, film editor Annie Wagner and I discuss this year’s nominees for Best Actor and Best Actress, from Penelope Cruz’s stealth camp to Meryl Streep’s intellectual vanity to Forest Whitaker’s undeniable ass-kickery. Enjoy.
(P.S. For those wondering if they need an iPod to listen to a podcast, the answer is no. All you need is a computer and ears.)
This meeting couldn't come fast enough...I was starting to crack.
I just saw Pan's Labryinth the other day. Despite my aversion to violence, I found it moving and well-done.
Nerd Alert: I noticed that two of the main actresses in this film also starred in Belle Epoque, which beat out Ang Lee's charmer "The Wedding Banquet" for Best Foreign Film in 1992.
(Extra Nerd Alert: I didn't have to check IMDB for that info. Good grief, I need a life.)
Your P.S. couldn't have come at a more appropriate time as I intended to leave this comment before I read that part of your post. I spent and evening listening to most of the "podcasts" a few weeks ago and was confused/dissappointed to find that you can't actually download them to your ipod. Isn't that what would, in fact, make them podcasts? Otherwise, aren't they just streaming audio files? Am I missing something here?
And, of course, Penelope Cruz was also in Belle Epoque.
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