BFG Podcast #137: The 'Barbie' snub, 'You Are What You Eat,' and a report from the Sundance Film Festival

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On a packed episode of this week's podcast, host Neal Pollack welcomes Sara Stewart to discuss the "snub" of Barbie director Greta Gerwig by the Academy. Neal plays devil's advocate, or maybe just the devil, and points out that Barbie DID get eight nominations. Sara recognizes that but also makes the strong point that only eight woman have been nominated for Best Director in Oscar history, and maybe the director of one of the biggest box-office hits of all time deserves a nod. But they both agree that the discourse went far off the rails when Hillary Clinton, always culturally tone-deaf, tweeted about it.

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