{"id":1164,"date":"2024-08-05T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/?p=1164"},"modified":"2024-08-04T21:42:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T21:42:14","slug":"303-red-rocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/2024\/08\/05\/303-red-rocket\/","title":{"rendered":"303 &#8211; Red Rocket"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/redrocket-thob-1024x640.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/redrocket-thob-1024x640.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/redrocket-thob-300x187.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/redrocket-thob-768x480.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/redrocket-thob-1536x959.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/redrocket-thob-1200x750.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/redrocket-thob.jpeg 1806w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With&nbsp;<em>Anora<\/em>&nbsp;anointed with the Palme d&#8217;Or this year, one of the narratives ahead in the coming season will be whether Sean Baker&#8217;s microbudgeted cinema will be embraced by the Academy in a big way. After lots of buzz for&nbsp;<em>Tangerine<\/em>&nbsp;and an acting nom for Willem Dafoe in&nbsp;<em>The Florida Project<\/em>, Baker was buzzed again for&nbsp;<em>Red Rocket<\/em>&nbsp;and its showcase performance for Simon Rex. With Rex as a manipulative down-and-out porn star returning to the small town that cast him out,&nbsp;<em>Red Rocket<\/em>&#8216;s moral minefield and rueful comedy was ultimately not embraced by Oscar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week, we talk about Rex&#8217;s dynamic performance and the film&#8217;s recreation of the 2016 election cycle. We also talk about the meta elements of Rex&#8217;s casting, Baker&#8217;s rise among the ranks of independent cinema, and the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Topics also include donuts, 2021 Best Actor, and READ posters.<\/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><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1151\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1164-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/3563080\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/EP\/THOB_EP_303_Red_Rocket.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/3563080\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/EP\/THOB_EP_303_Red_Rocket.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/3563080\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/EP\/THOB_EP_303_Red_Rocket.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_303_Red_Rocket.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/?powerpress_pinw=1164-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/3563080\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/EP\/THOB_EP_303_Red_Rocket.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"THOB_EP_303_Red_Rocket.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>With&nbsp;Anora&nbsp;anointed with the Palme d&#8217;Or this year, one of the narratives ahead in the coming season will be whether Sean Baker&#8217;s microbudgeted cinema will be embraced by the Academy in a big way. After lots of buzz for&nbsp;Tangerine&nbsp;and an acting nom for Willem Dafoe in&nbsp;The Florida Project, Baker was buzzed again for&nbsp;Red Rocket&nbsp;and its showcase &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/2024\/08\/05\/303-red-rocket\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;303 &#8211; Red Rocket&#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":[5,34,1661,172,705,3,6,1660,1659,1662],"class_list":["post-1164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-academy-awards","tag-best-actor","tag-bree-elrod","tag-cannes-film-festival","tag-independent-spirit-awards","tag-movies","tag-oscars","tag-sean-baker","tag-simon-rex","tag-suzanna-son"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164","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=1164"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1166,"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164\/revisions\/1166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}