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A Star Is Born

Who Won the Movie?

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Bradley Cooper wins decisively for acting, directing, conceiving the project, and gambling on its success.

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  • Cooper is the immediate winner despite the episode’s expectation that the Oscars may not reward him.
  • His acting is considered equal to Gaga’s, with directing and authorship making the difference.
  • The star-director combination makes this one of the clearest winners across the podcast to that point.
  • Directing while staying in character, remembering lines, and playing off scene partners is emphasized as extremely difficult.
  • The gamble’s success completes the case for Cooper.
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Picking Nits

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The opening geography, Jackson’s contemporary arena-level fame, the instant “Shallow” arrangement, unaccounted-for night hours, and the effort to make Sam Elliott a plausible brother are questioned.

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  • The drive from the opening venue to East Hollywood and then Jackson’s house produces unresolved geography.
  • The panel questions whether a Jackson Maine-style country-rock star could still sell out venues at that scale.
  • “Shallow” appears fully arranged even though the parking-lot conversation contains separate fragments and no rehearsal.
  • The dark parking lot and daylight drop-off leave several unexplained hours.
  • One theory says the couple finished writing the song during those hours; another adds sex, which the panel disputes.
  • The movie’s otherwise grounded intimacy makes the instant musical arrangement feel especially artificial.
  • Repeated family exposition strains to make Sam Elliott and Bradley Cooper plausible brothers.
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Apex Mountain

A Star Is Born The Rewatchables

This is Bradley Cooper’s career apex; Lady Gaga is debated and receives only a tentative yes unless an acting win follows.

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  • The film is called Cooper’s unquestioned career apex.
  • Gaga had already achieved exceptional global pop fame before the film.
  • Her fan base is credited with much of the movie’s worldwide commercial reach.
  • The panel gives Gaga a tentative apex verdict, becoming certain only if she wins Best Actress.
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What’s Aged the Best?

A Star Is Born The Rewatchables

Sam Elliott’s driveway reaction, Jackson’s speech about truth and having legs, the inherited franchise line, the ending, and the soundtrack are the leading choices.

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  • Sam Elliott’s silent tear and the brothers’ inability to speak directly are expected to remain a durable meme and emotional truth.
  • Jackson’s “dig deep in your soul” speech to Lady Gaga about truth and having legs is treated as inspirational.
  • The ending improved on rewatch because Gaga’s performance cuts back to Bradley Cooper creating the song.
  • The soundtrack is expected to endure because its two musical personas both have convincing songs.
  • “I just wanted to take another look at you” moved from punchline to sincere and memorable franchise line.
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Most Rewatchable Scene

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The live performance of “Shallow” wins by a wide margin; the cop bar and parking lot lead a deep field of alternatives.

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  • The panel calls the live “Shallow” performance the clear winner and one of the century’s best seven-minute sequences.
  • The drag-bar introduction works through Bradley Cooper watching Lady Gaga and then singing “Maybe It’s Time.”
  • The grocery-store parking lot is praised as an intimate songwriting and courtship scene.
  • The Bradley Cooper and Sam Elliott fight is praised as an amazing compact scene.
  • “Always Remember Us This Way” is treated as Gaga’s last great musical moment before the pop-star turn.
  • The Grammys sequence becomes darkly comic on repeat viewing even though its humiliation remains difficult to watch.
  • The final Cooper and Elliott scene became a durable meme and emotional payoff.
  • The cop-bar conversation is praised as an unusually specific and believable flirting scene.
  • The supermarket sequence sustains the early romance through mundane details and the leads’ chemistry.
  • Dice and the drivers watching the viral video provide a charming family-comedy interlude.
  • The parking-lot scene is the preferred runner-up because Bradley Cooper recognizes Gaga writing a song in real time.
  • The opening concert introduces Jackson’s addiction, charisma, and physical mess without dialogue.
  • Ally’s bathroom introduction establishes a separate crisis and character with equal economy.
  • The “Shallow” scene is praised for every checkpoint Lady Gaga crosses before stepping onto the stage.
  • Bradley Cooper’s supportive reactions communicate love, belief, and encouragement, making that support a major part of his performance.
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2018

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A Star Is Born

2018 film

Bill Simmons · Amanda Dobbins · Sean Fennessey

Aired February 11, 2019

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