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Recasting Couch
A new older relative or Delta Slim’s estranged wife
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Approx. transcript time · 02:19:52Read transcript
- A new older relative for Viola Davis or an estranged wife for Delta Slim could add texture, though overlapping Annie's function is a concern.
- Jenifer Lewis is suggested then judged too overpowering for the ensemble.
The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award
Rubinstein’s acting questioned; stronger-actress alternatives; ghost-world racial dynamics
In the discussion (8)
Approx. transcript time · 01:06:08Read transcript
- Rubinstein may look perfectly cast as a medium while giving an unconvincing acting performance.
- The response defends the importance of looking like someone who could contact another world.
- Sally Field with unusual makeup is proposed as an alternative medium.
- Shirley MacLaine is proposed as a potentially stronger medium.
- Viola Davis is imagined commanding the room as the medium.
- Meryl Streep is another imagined medium, with an objection that the role may be too small.
- A comic theory imagines reversed racial power dynamics in the ghost world to explain why these ghosts target white families.
- A counterargument attributes the shortage of Black ghost stories to limited opportunities and investment for Black filmmakers.
Recasting Couch
DiCaprio; Pitt; Amy Adams; Gosling as copilot; Viola Davis as investigator
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 00:17:49Read transcript
- DiCaprio might accept the role and Pitt might try it; Hanks is doubted and Cruise imagined turning it comic, as American Made treats Barry Seal more lightly.
- Amy Adams is floated as a potentially stronger Nicole, disputed by a Reilly defender.
- Gosling is imagined as the copilot; Viola Davis as the surviving attendant is disputed as too small a role, then Davis in Melissa Leo’s authority role is accepted.
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Approx. transcript time · 01:12:15Read transcript
- Viola Davis receives two explicit final choices because her performance lifts the movie beyond replacement level.
- A hypothetical version keeps Davis alive instead of Lien, allowing her and Hathaway to finish the film together and perhaps develop a romance.
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Sequel, Prequel, Limited Series, or All-Black Remake
Prestige television; prequel; all-Black gender-flipped remake
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Approx. transcript time · 01:33:12Read transcript
- A television version is obvious but might depend on casting and network; a reported 2014 Judgment Day prequel adaptation failed to launch at NBC.
- Samuel L. Jackson is proposed as Milton, followed by enthusiasm for Viola Davis as a female devil.
- Zazie Beetz or Tessa Thompson are proposed before the idea expands to a full gender flip.
- Jay Ellis is imagined in the spouse role, with concern about audience response to him obstructing a woman’s career; Michael B. Jordan and Jayson Tatum are floated as seductive alternatives.
- Sam Jackson remains appealing, while Viola could have fun giving the fan-of-man monologue.
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