Michael and Us: The Search for Sonny Skies
We review legendary failed Oscar bait of the past 25 years.
June 29, 2024
57 min
1,528 of 1,867
June 29, 2024
Michael and Us: The Search for Sonny Skies
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<p>You can go looking for the zeitgeist, but only the zeitgeist can find you. That's what the makers of countless pieces of failed Oscar bait have learned. In this special episode, we run through some of the most legendary failed Oscar bait of the last 25 years and speculate why they didn't catch anything. PLUS: presidential libraries, the Obama Foundation, and an autobiographical novel from an unlikely Hollywood star.</p><br /><p><em>Michael and Us</em> is a podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage.</p>
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