Critical Darlings: One Battle After Another And Oscar Predictions with David Sims
3/12/20261 hr 30 min
What time is it? It’s time to study the revolutionary texts with David “Rocketman” Sims! On our last episode before The Oscars, we’re talking about One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson’s epic about parental legacy, revolutionary identity, and a dad trying to charge his Goddamn phone. But first we reflect on the influx of last-minute Oscar narratives, before getting into One Battle After Another’s plot and politics, sidebar on Leonardo DiCaprio’s legacy at the Oscars, and finally give our official Critical Darlings Oscar Predictions for Sunday’s ceremony. Read more about Richard’s predictions at Premiere Party, See you on the other side! Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won’t want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook! Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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[upbeat music] Welcome to Critical Darlings, a conversation about the award season conversation one contender at a time. Please welcome to the stage your hosts, Richard Lawson and Allison Wilmore.
Richard Lawson· Host0:22
[clapping] Marie, thank you for that beautiful introduction one last time before the Oscars. Uh, we are jo- We made it. I know. We're, we're, we're, we're here. Um, as ever, we're here with our producer, Ben. Hello.
Ben0:37
Hello. Good morning.
Richard Lawson· Host0:38
And returning guest- Hey ... one of few returning guests.
David Sims· Guest0:42
[laughs] I'm back.
Richard Lawson· Host0:42
Yeah. David Sims, hello.
David Sims· Guest0:44
I'm good. Oh, sorry, hello.
Richard Lawson· Host0:46
[laughs] [laughs] How are you?
David Sims· Guest0:47
Uh, just crushing this Coke Zero, waking up.
Richard Lawson· Host0:50
Yeah, yeah. I mean, we're all, I think, a little worse for the wear, given that, you know, we've been running this long Oscar race for, for months now.
Alison Wilmore· Host0:56
It's exhausting.
David Sims· Guest0:57
Why is it- We are tired ... why is it so late this year?
Richard Lawson· Host0:58
Why is it, like, 70 degrees outside and we're still talking about winter?
Alison Wilmore· Host1:02
[laughs] Uh, Olympics?
David Sims· Guest1:03
But the Olympics are over.
Alison Wilmore· Host1:04
They are.
David Sims· Guest1:05
They, they've been over.
Alison Wilmore· Host1:06
Well- They ended two weeks ago ... I have no other answers.
Richard Lawson· Host1:08
Yeah.
David Sims· Guest1:08
Because it is the... It used to be end of March.
Alison Wilmore· Host1:11
Mm.
David Sims· Guest1:11
And then they were like, "Okay, we know this is ridiculous," and they- Yeah ... pulled it to end of Feb. But then they're like, "Except for if there's Olympics."
Richard Lawson· Host1:16
And, like, p- the Parasite year was, like, early February- Right ... if I remember correctly.
David Sims· Guest1:19
That's what we need.
Richard Lawson· Host1:20
Yeah.
Alison Wilmore· Host1:20
Yes.
David Sims· Guest1:20
We need early February.
Alison Wilmore· Host1:22
I think we are also, Cam- I don't ever want to hear the word hemnet [laughs] again. No. [laughs] I mean, we have- Yeah ... I di- I, I was expecting this to happen sooner,