{"id":1110,"date":"2024-05-09T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/?p=1110"},"modified":"2024-05-07T22:19:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T22:19:30","slug":"288-up-the-sandbox-with-jordan-hoffman-70s-spectacular-1972","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/2024\/05\/09\/288-up-the-sandbox-with-jordan-hoffman-70s-spectacular-1972\/","title":{"rendered":"288 &#8211; Up the Sandbox (with Jordan Hoffman) (70s Spectacular &#8211; 1972)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"581\" src=\"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7541.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7541.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7541-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7541-768x436.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The 70s Spectacular is dancing as fast as it can! And we&#8217;re spinning right into 1972 with one of the decade&#8217;s biggest stars, the one and only Barbra Streisand, and joining us is one of her superfans, writer Jordan Hoffman. This year saw the first films of First Artists, a production company that intended to give more power to stars to create their passion projects the studios wouldn&#8217;t touch. Streisand&#8217;s first effort with the company was&nbsp;<em>Up the Sandbox<\/em>, a timely satire that cast the legend as a housewife faced with a third pregnancy, who retreats into her wild and often politically charged fantasies. Indifference from audiences and the industry made this one of Streisand&#8217;s rare flops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This episode, we talk about our love for Barbra and this legendary Oscar year that pit&nbsp;<em>Cabaret<\/em>&nbsp;against&nbsp;<em>The Godfather<\/em>. We also talk about the film&#8217;s bizarre fantasy sequences, how it exists as a product of a specific moment in time, and cinematographer Gordon Willis&#8217; shockingly slim Oscar history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Topics also include Paul Zindel books,\u00a0<em>Harry And Walter Go To New York<\/em>, and Shelley Winters in\u00a0<em>The Poseidon Adventure<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow Us on Twitter!<br><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Had_Oscar_Buzz\">@Had_Oscar_Buzz<\/a><br>Joe: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joereid\">@joereid<\/a><br>Chris: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrisvfeil\">@chrisvfeil<\/a><br>Jordan: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jhoffman\">@jhoffman<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5972\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1110-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/3563080\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/EP\/THOB_EP_288_Up_the_Sandbox_-_with_Jordan_Hoffman.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/3563080\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/EP\/THOB_EP_288_Up_the_Sandbox_-_with_Jordan_Hoffman.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/3563080\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/EP\/THOB_EP_288_Up_the_Sandbox_-_with_Jordan_Hoffman.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/3563080\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/EP\/THOB_EP_288_Up_the_Sandbox_-_with_Jordan_Hoffman.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/?powerpress_pinw=1110-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/3563080\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/EP\/THOB_EP_288_Up_the_Sandbox_-_with_Jordan_Hoffman.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"THOB_EP_288_Up_the_Sandbox_-_with_Jordan_Hoffman.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 70s Spectacular is dancing as fast as it can! And we&#8217;re spinning right into 1972 with one of the decade&#8217;s biggest stars, the one and only Barbra Streisand, and joining us is one of her superfans, writer Jordan Hoffman. This year saw the first films of First Artists, a production company that intended to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/2024\/05\/09\/288-up-the-sandbox-with-jordan-hoffman-70s-spectacular-1972\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;288 &#8211; Up the Sandbox (with Jordan Hoffman) (70s Spectacular &#8211; 1972)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1571,5,545,1585,1583,1587,1586,3,6,1584],"class_list":["post-1110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-1970s","tag-academy-awards","tag-barbra-streisand","tag-david-selby","tag-irvin-kershner","tag-jacobo-morales","tag-lois-smith","tag-movies","tag-oscars","tag-paul-zindel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1110"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1112,"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110\/revisions\/1112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}