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The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

Three separate takes propose a Chauncey Eskridge film, praise Smith’s silent acting, and recenter the biopic on Ali and Frazier’s three fights.

In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:27:13Read transcript
  • A film about attorney Chauncey Eskridge representing both Martin Luther King Jr. and Muhammad Ali is proposed.
  • Another take says Smith is at his best here when acting without dialogue.
  • The third proposes a co-lead Ali/Frazier film focused on their three fights. — Bill Simmons
  • The Frazier-centered discussion stresses the lasting harm from Ali’s public attacks and Frazier’s bitterness. — Van Lathan
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Half-Assed Internet Research

Smith as an Ali pallbearer, Smith and Mann contributing salaries after the budget overrun, Ali visiting the set, and Albert Hall’s roles in Ali and Malcolm X

In the discussion (3)
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  • Smith was an Ali pallbearer and Smith and Mann reportedly contributed salary money after the overrun. — Bill Simmons
  • Ali reportedly visited the set and praised Smith’s imitation. — Bill Simmons
  • Albert Hall plays Elijah Muhammad here and the composite Baines in Malcolm X. — Van Lathan
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The Proof of Life / David Caruso Award for a Character Who Should Have Been Spun Off into Their Own Sequel

Giancarlo Esposito’s Cassius Clay Sr., watching his son’s rise

Flex pick · Van Lathan

In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:34:27Read transcript
  • The flex category explicitly asks which character deserves a sequel. — Van Lathan
  • Cassius Clay Sr.’s perspective across his son’s transformation is the chosen story. — Van Lathan
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Apex Mountain

No affirmative selection

In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:36:24Read transcript
  • Ali is proposed as Smith’s apex, with Independence Day and Men in Black as the main counterclaim.
  • Hitch is argued as Smith’s purest movie-star peak.
  • The Insider is preferred as Mann’s apex, while the surrounding run is treated as his imperial phase.
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Picking Nits

Reversed Ellis Quarry/MLK chronology; disputed Cosell Supreme Court notification; missing date cards; Ali’s too-fast Zaire speech

In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 01:40:00Read transcript
  • The Ellis Quarry fight is placed before MLK’s death despite occurring afterward. — Bill Simmons
  • The Cosell Supreme Court notification is questioned as dramatic license. — Bill Simmons
  • Frazier offering money is defended as true. — Bill Simmons
  • The speakers say the movie desperately needed dates. — Bill Simmons
  • Smith’s Ali speaks similarly throughout despite real slowing by the Zaire period. — Bill Simmons
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