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After a string of August (yes, early buzzed) hits, Meryl Streep collaborated with two Oscar-winning names that sent Oscar obsessives to get lost in their rock and roll: director Jonathan Demme and screenwriter Diablo Cody. 2015\u2032s Ricki and the Flash<\/i> didn\u2019t set the box office on fire and a very competitive Best Actress year possibly kept it out of the conversation, but that doesn\u2019t mean the film doesn\u2019t reveal why we once had such high hopes for it. The film isn\u2019t as much of a harmonious fit as we originally expected for this trio, but they do give us something uplifting that deserved more of a shot than Oscar gave it.<\/p>\n
This week we look at the gifts of Diablo Cody, Ricki<\/i>\u2019s parallels to his recent (foolishly underloved by Oscar) masterpiece Rachel Getting Married<\/i>, and the major flub of 2015\u2032s Best Original Song nominees and eventual winner \u201cThe Writing\u2019s On The Wall\u201d. Just as Ricki gives and takes with her family, we rewrite history to take some of Meryl\u2019s Oscar nominations away to give them to some of her underrated performances.<\/p>\n
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