Oscars Plagiarism Allegations and Modern Media Consumption
The 2024 Academy Awards are overshadowed by plagiarism allegations against the film The Holdovers, with claims that the screenplay was stolen from a script titled Frisco. Discussion shifts to the difficulty of watching modern films due to their length and the impact of short-form content like TikTok on attention spans. One participant admits to having access to screeners but failing to watch nominated films like Oppenheimer.
oscars· the holdovers· plagiarism· screenplay· netflix· tiktok· double speed
00:00 Newcomers! There it is. Adam Curry, John C. Devorah. And Sunday March 10th 2024 this is your award winning cable nation media assassination episode 1641 This Is No Agenda From the middle out and bottom up and broadcasting live from the heart of the Texas Hill Country here in FEMA region number 6 In The Morning everybody I'm Adam Curry. And from Northern Silicon Valley where its Oscar plagiarism night I'm John C. Devorah It's Crackpot and Buzzkill! In the morning... Wait a minute. Okay, thanks for reminding me So it's Oscar night but it's Oscars- Oscar plagiarism night? Yeah just before the Oscars A guy wrote a screenplay claims Oh this is good
00:45 That the Holdovers, which is nominated for Best Original Screenplay by a writer who coincidentally this is his first movie screenplay Stole his screenplay which was called Frisco and it's been floating around Hollywood for awhile And he says his line-by-line plagiarism. Oh no The WGA won't do anything about it because they just don't have their just Ballists that won't they won't take anybody's side. It was gonna go to court, but meanwhile The holdovers is nominated for best original screenplay And could win I don't even know what this is the Holdover's? I don't know any of the movies that are out course not there all suck no there you go That's the answer yes, and there are their old movies that have been on the streamers Is that basically? No a lot of them
01:38 Well, there's Oppenheimer. You know that one? I haven't actually seen that. I haven't seen Oppenheimer Yeah, I have got a screener but i havent watched it because its just a look These movies are too long Hey! Are you a member of the academy?! I have access to screeners. Yeah, but are you...but not if you're a member of the Academy? But if you're not a member of the Academy- No that's actually those are different screeners Oh okay because see it's I think you're trying to backtrack out of it yeah You're blowing your cover someone is leaking new screeners illegally It's nothing illegal about it from that I'm not distributing them
02:19 Are you sure? It's beside the point. The movie is already out on Netflix, so I don't need a screener. I'm just saying I have one. Okay okay have you watched it? No i just said it's too long yeah I don't watch them having trouble watching movies now because they drag on too long and they're too melodramatic That's not why! The reason why you have trouble watching movies is because A.) You're watching too much TikTok short form content And B, you're listening to podcasts at double speed. You have no patience for art anymore! You have no patience for art that's what happens That's how it goes down It's not art What's not art? Podcasts?! No these are movies Oh exactly I couldn't even sit through 10 minutes of Barbie Oh Barbie is impossible to watch Although you told me i should watch it No I didn't I said you won't get through ten minutes of it Well you were right
