Hollywood is in dire straits with production slumps and strikes, yet the Oscars present a glamorous facade.
As heard by us
A calm history of the Oscars' international turn, with Parasite as the clearest marker of the shift.
The episode uses the Oscars to look at how Hollywood's biggest night has made room for films made outside Hollywood, in America, and in English.
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For when you want the Oscars explained as a story about cultural power.
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