"One Battle After Another" And Oscar Predictions with David Sims
3/12/20261 hr 29 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 Pre...
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[trumpets playing] 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 Alison 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.
Benjamin Frisch0:37
Hello. Good morning.
Richard Lawson· Host0:38
And returning guest- Hey ... one of few returning guests.
David Sims· Guest0:41
[laughs] I'm back.
Richard Lawson· Host0:42
Yeah. David Sims. Hello.
David Sims· Guest0:44
I'm good. Oh, sorry. Hello.
Richard Lawson· Host0:45
[laughs] [laughs] How are you?
David Sims· Guest0:47
Eh, just crushing this Coke Zero.
Richard Lawson· Host0:49
Yeah, yeah.
David Sims· Guest0:49
Waking up.
Richard Lawson· Host0:49
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· Guest0:56
W- w- why is it- My feet 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 it?
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 like it used to be end of March- Mm ... 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, Pa- the Parasite year was, like, early February- Right ... if I remember correctly.
David Sims· Guest1:19
That's what we need.
Benjamin Frisch1:20
Yeah, yeah.
Alison Wilmore· Host1:20
Yes.
David Sims· Guest1:20
We need early February.
Alison Wilmore· Host1:22
I think we're also, Cam- I don't ever want to hear the word Hamnet [laughs] No ...
David Sims· Guest1:26
again.
Alison Wilmore· Host1:27
I mean, we have- Yeah ... I di- I, I was expecting this to happen sooner,