A Take on the Academy

Spro and Lee reflect on 2021 with their special brand of "hateful nostalgia". They talk season 2 mistakes, Spielberg, streaming, Chinese propaganda, and the Golden Globes scandal.      

Spro and Lee welcome director Randall Miller and writer Jody Savin, two independent filmmakers who made three films (Bottle Shock, CBGB, and Nobel Son) with Alan Rickman. They share their memories of the man with the voice thereby giving a glimpse of the remarkable human being Rickman was when the cameras weren't rolling.  In their own words, "He was everybody's best friend."    

Spro and Lee cordially invite you to the first half of their season two finale - a celebration of the late, great Alan Rickman.  Friends of the show, Emily and Rudy, join the boys for a lengthy lovefest to cover the lore, the laughs, and the legacy of the man with the voice.   

The final link in the Poli-Academy chain is here!!!  Last time, Denzel got the gold for Malcolm X.  This time, he gets the gold snatched away for his comic-book antagonist, Alonzo Harris, in Training Day.  Yeah...we're expecting to get some crap for this one...bring it on. 

Spro and Lee welcome Laurence back to the show.  Together, the three de-Oscar Sir Richard Attenborough whose 1982 film, Gandhi, won a host of Academy Awards, the most unconscionable of which was the best director statuette.   

Just as way leads on to way, Oscar mistakes beget Oscar mistakes.  Last time, Pacino was the recipient; this time, he's the target.  Join Spro and Lee for Part II of the "Poly-Academy" series where the boys go back almost 30 years to the spring of 1993 to take away Big Al's Best Actor statue for Scent of a Woman. Hoo-Ahh indeed...  

Part 1 of a 3 part series where Spro and Lee examine the political motivations which motivate Academy voters but baffle the rest of us. The first installment will take you almost 47 years back to the 47th Academy Awards where they're gonna take the little gold man for best actor away from Art Carney.  

The Academy loves a fairy tale, and the fantasy adventure Slumdog Millionaire played on those affections, seducing its way into a handful of Oscars. 13 years later, Spro and Lee still aren't feeling it - especially that Oscar it won for Best Picture. 

Spro and Lee can't lie - they love Sandra Bullock. But they don't love her enough to let her keep the Oscar she won for The Blind Side.  Sorry, Sandy. Love to the kids.      

Season 2 of SALTOTA is here and wasting no time getting controversial. Guest host Jeremy Cordy (director/writer of Troma's Porking Mandy) convinces the boys to take two Oscars away from two of the greatest American directors of all time - Joel and Ethan Coen. This week...No Oscars for Old Men.