IndieWire‘s Eric Kohn and Anne Thompson have posted their latest podcast, a significant portion of which focuses on the recently announced short lists.
Kohn and Thompson have always been sage, sharp and attuned and at the same time careful to stay away from any conversational topic that might translate into some kind of contrary signal as far as the dug-in wokester viewpoint is concerned. In other words they don’t seem to want to discuss anything that might cause political difficulty for them. Plus Kohn is obviously a huge fan of Everything Everywhere All At Once. And so, unless I missed something, they’ve avoided even a brief mention of the significance of EEAAO failing to make the VFX and hair/makeup short lists.**
Obviously I’ve been harping on this story due to HE’s no-retreat EEAAO takedown campaign, but in any sort of dispassionate even-steven realm how can can anyone discuss the shortlists and not at least acknowledge the obvious?
** I’ve asked Thompson to please correct this impression if I’m mistaken (i.e., if they did discuss and interpret the EEAAO shortlist omissions). No response thus far.