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got shaken up by a 29-year-oldCollege GameDayanalystin a leather suit.
Our Nate Jones and Joe Reid are here to hash it out.
But while the SAG results wont influence the Oscars race, they may reflect voters tastes.
So, Joe, does that make you optimistic about young Chalamet ending next weekend tangled up in gold?
Denzel still lost the Oscar, though, which doesnt bode super-well for Chalamet.
At the same time, none of the other nominees have much narrative behind them either.
Nate:I think youre right about the narrative element of Timmys candidacy.
I wonder, though, whether this same dynamic will play at the Oscars.
For Timmy, especially, I dont know if voters will feel he has.
One of the Oscar strategists I spoke to last week mentioned how unconventional his campaign has been.
Hes largely eschewed the kind of in-person glad-handing that Adrien Brodys been doing in favor ofnew-media appearancesandviral stunts.
(The ethos of solidarity prevents me from writing a punch line here.)
The Academy, by contrast, liked Brady Corbets film quite a bit enough to give it ten nominations.
The argument is if you loveThe Brutalist, then you should vote for the Brutalist.
Still, Im with you in digging the added unpredictability that Chalamets SAG win has added to the race.
Oscar season gets boring when its the same four people winning over and over again!
