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After becoming a Broadway sensation, landing the Tony Award for Best Play and lead acting nominations for each member of its acting quartet (including a win for Marcia Gay Harden), Yasmina Reza\u2019s\u00a0God of Carnage<\/i>\u00a0looked primed to become yet another stage-to-screen adaptation with Oscar in its sights. But when the movie version arrived, it eschewed the play\u2019s lauded, starry Broadway cast (not to mention the many famous names that starred in hit productions around the globe) for a miscast foursome: Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Christoph Waltz, and Kate Winslet. The film, abreviated to simply\u00a0Carnage<\/i>, failed to capture the play\u2019s humor and precise bourgeois target, on top of being directed by Roman Polanski.<\/p>\n
This episode, we compare the missteps of the film to the successes of its stage version, including one major mistake that bookends the film. We also discuss Marcia Gay Harden\u2019s Tony speech, map Winslet’s long road to Oscar starting with\u00a0Sense and Sensibility<\/i>\u00a0to the category maneuvering of\u00a0The Reader<\/i>, and play another round of Alter Egos.<\/p>\n
Topics also include American Express commercials, Broadway bootlegs, and the infamous barf scene.<\/p>\n
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