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- Hello and welcome to the Gold Standard,

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where the AV Club breaks down
our favorite award shows.

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My name is Jack Smart.

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I am joined by fellow AV Clubbers,

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Peter Scoble and Sydnee White.

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Hello to you both.

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- Hello.
- How are you doing?

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- So let's talk about Best Actor.

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This is a race that I don't
think in typical years,

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maybe this is just like
a personal bias thing,

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but I often don't think it's a nail biter.

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I think for best actor,

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there's often a front runner that emerges

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and that person just tends to win.

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Early a couple months before the show,

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everyone can agree and
congregate around one person.

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I don't think that's the case this year,

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I think we're looking
at a pretty tight race,

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especially considering some
of the precursor awards.

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I'm wondering if you guys agree.

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I will go first in saying
I think that will win,

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I'm just gonna go ahead and say

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that I think Brendan Frazier
will win for the Whale.

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His narrative of this big
comeback story to Hollywood

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is irresistible, that's the kind of thing

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that I think an Oscar voter
would find irresistible.

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It's much similar to the way

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that Renee Zellweger won
her second Oscar for Judy,

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or any of these people who come back,

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if there's a comeback narrative,

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that that proves irresistible,

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and of course his
performance is wonderful.

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For should win though I am
gonna go with somebody else,

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I think that Colin Ferrell's eyebrows

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should win for The Banshees of Inisherin.

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As if that needs any further explanation,

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I do think that the 20 second
shot or 15 or 20 second shot

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that is the whole movie, that
is the whole inciting incident

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of the Banshees of Inisherin,

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of Colin Ferrell's character
just responding to the news,

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trying to take in the news

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that his friend is suddenly
ending their friendship,

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is Oscar worthy.

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I'm curious about what you guys think,.

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Cindy, what do you think
will win and should win?

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- It's tough,

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before the SAG awards, I would've said

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that Colin had it in the bag,

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but now, it's a toss up.

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And I feel like a three-way race,

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'cause you have to throw
Austin Butler in there too.

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So in terms of should win, will win,

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I'm gonna go for should win,

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I think that Brenton
Frazier did an amazing job

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and having been out of
the business for so long

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and this being his big comeback.

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Now, I was not a fan of the movie,

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but the fact that his performance in it

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was really the thing that stood out

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and the thing that
everybody was talking about,

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I think makes a difference

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and he should be acknowledged for that.

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And in terms of will
win, that's a tough one,

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but I think I'm gonna
go with Brendan again.

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I think that he will get the recognition

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that he so deserves after all this time.

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- Sure.

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And Peter?

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- I agree that Brendan Frazier
will take home the Oscar

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for best actor.

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His whole comeback has been pretty much

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one of the biggest stories of the year.

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However, who should win in my opinion

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is Austin Butler for Elvis.

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And I think the reason why
I want him to win so much,

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is because I just want to see

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what bonkers speech he'll give.

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If he doesn't end his speech with,

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"Thank you, thank you very much,"

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you might as well just throw
the whole award show away.

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- Just go home.

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- And if we think that that's
as good a reason as any

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that somebody should win,

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or that we think will win
or want to win an Oscar,

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then maybe that's true
for Oscar voters too.

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I think, Peter, you're right,

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maybe there's a voter who's like,

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"I just wanna see if
he has his Elvis voice

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"when he accepts an Oscar."

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That's a great reason.