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Wesley Morris is killing it today.
Morris and Simmons referenced this coordinated campaign of homophobic slurs against ODB, and some Out Magazine piece about it? It sounded much worse than what I remember being reported (some players allegedly using slurs, denying it, NFL finding nothing) and I couldn't find any specific article about it, just generic coverage. Any ideas?
Morris and Simmons referenced this coordinated campaign of homophobic slurs against ODB, and some Out Magazine piece about it? It sounded much worse than what I remember being reported (some players allegedly using slurs, denying it, NFL finding nothing) and I couldn't find any specific article about it, just generic coverage. Any ideas?
Double post, but can't be helped. I can't believe there are no other comments on Wesley Morris absolutely wrecking the institutional racism of the studios last week. It was a great podcast. The way he explains it, accurate or not, is that it's not the academy that has to change, but the studios. They are the ones who choose which films to promote to the academy, and they tend to focus on the ones they think will get them the statue. HINT: The White ones.
Morris and Simmons referenced this coordinated campaign of homophobic slurs against ODB, and some Out Magazine piece about it? It sounded much worse than what I remember being reported (some players allegedly using slurs, denying it, NFL finding nothing) and I couldn't find any specific article about it, just generic coverage. Any ideas?
Yeah, that was a really good point by Wesley Morris that I hadn't considered myself. And it makes a lot of sense. After all, this same Academy nominated a large number of minorities for the prestige awards just two years ago, but that was primarily for a film, "12 Years a Slave", that had Oscar-bait written all over it, and was pushed by the studio. (The only minority nominated that year who wasn't in "12 Years a Slave" was newcomer Barkhad Abdi for his role in "Captain Phillips".)
The Academy membership likely hasn't changed significantly since then, so it makes a lot of sense that the studios are the bigger cause of how diverse the nominees are from year to year. But then again, maybe the Academy needs to take a closer look at how they vote and attempt to avoid the studios nudging them in certain directions.
The NFL and the Giants wanted no parts of that becoming a story. Which, in a way, sort of makes sense if ODB is indeed gay but does not want to come out. The NFL might have thought that if they dig deeper into this issue they could unintentionally out him.
Calling 12 Years A Slave "Oscar bait" is... uh... not accurate.
Morris and Simmons referenced this coordinated campaign of homophobic slurs against ODB, and some Out Magazine piece about it? It sounded much worse than what I remember being reported (some players allegedly using slurs, denying it, NFL finding nothing) and I couldn't find any specific article about it, just generic coverage. Any ideas?
So this girl lied?The NFL and the Giants wanted no parts of that becoming a story. Which, in a way, sort of makes sense if ODB is indeed gay but does not want to come out. The NFL might have thought that if they dig deeper into this issue they could unintentionally out him.
So this girl lied?
Is it just me or did Bill become way more juvenile now that he's no longer part of ESPN? I don't remember him doing this many dirty jokes and making orgasm noises before
Is it just me or did Bill become way more juvenile now that he's no longer part of ESPN? I don't remember him doing this many dirty jokes and making orgasm noises before
HBO and Simmons announced Thursday that The Daily Show's Stuart Miller will serve as executive producer on the forthcoming talk show, set to bow later in 2016, while fellow Daily Show alum Jason Ross will serve as head writer and TV vet and essayist Kim Gamble will serve as co-EP.
“I learned from my Grantland experience how important a good inner circle is and now, we're building a terrific one for HBO," said Simmons. "These are three creative, innovative, curious people and that's exactly the spirit of the TV show we want to create. My only regret is that none of them root for Boston teams."
Never liked anything Simmons did on tv.
His podcast was always good but he really needs some guests.
Never liked anything Simmons did on tv.
His podcast was always good but he really needs some guests.
I've enjoyed his podcasts a good deal since he's come back, but it is weird how he's gotten so few guests of note. I don't necessarily like the celeb/sports-star interviews, but it is good to have them in there maybe once a week just to mix things up, and you get the occasional gem. I mean he's friends or at least friends of friends with a bunch of celebs, so I don't know why he doesn't at least get the pipeline going that way.
I kinda stopped listening to him because it was nothing but NFL Gambling With Cousin Sal/House/JackO! Like, I don't particularly find dudes just talking about betting lines with each other to be particularly interesting.
True but Barkley is great on anything.Charles Barkley was a good one recently
I kinda stopped listening to him because it was nothing but NFL Gambling With Cousin Sal/House/JackO! Like, I don't particularly find dudes just talking about betting lines with each other to be particularly interesting.
I don't mind House or Sal but I agree having 2 pods centered around NFL gambling every week was a bit of an overkill for me. I would usually FF through the NFL stuff with House on Friday and skip to the NBA talk.
I was hoping Simmons would call JackO after Marcobot blue screened, but I don't think Bill is that plugged in.
In one pod Simmons said he and Lowe call each other up and basically do the podcast. Sigh...
At least Lowe Post is still quality.
I was hoping Simmons would call JackO after Marcobot blue screened, but I don't think Bill is that plugged in.
In one pod Simmons said he and Lowe call each other up and basically do the podcast. Sigh...
At least Lowe Post is still quality.
I don't really see the prob w/ his guest lineup so far. As others have mentioned, he's had Haralabob and Al Michaels this week (Haralabob alone is a better NBA voice than 90% of the folks employed at ESPN) He had Barkley last week. All of those pods were great. His eps w/ Chuck Klosterman and Malcolm Gladwell are always good discussions as well. And I especially liked the one he did w/ Casey Wasserman.
One thing I will say is that since he left ESPN, his pod has become more interesting. It's not just being able to swear, but I feel like the conversations have gone in directions that they'd have never been able to go if he was still at ESPN.
I do wonder what he plans to do now that the NFL season is over. Is he still going to have Cousin Sal on mondays, or will that pod be different? Maybe he goes guests Mon/Wed, and then Friday Rollin' w/ House. That would be swell.
That reminds me: I like House, and I'm totally cool with two NFL segments a week (always thought it was weird Simbo guessed the lines but didn't pick the games), but House was pretty insufferable when his only contributions were spouting off random angles ('the AFC team in an inter-conference early game coming off a night game where they lost by 4 or more, but covered, is 15-9 in the last 25 years") he got from someone else.
Michaels pod is fantastic as always.
That podcast was scary.Man, this Al Michaels episode was great. That dude's just the best.