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How Do You Joke About The Zone of Interest?


When Oscar host Jimmy Kimmel steps out for his monologue on Sunday, I’ll only be thinking about one thing.

For those who haven’t caught up with all the Best Picture nominees, The Zone of Interest follows a husband and wife navigating the normal issues of middle-class life: children, workplace drama, whether it’s worth uprooting a family for better professional opportunities. He sang a medley that ran through specific plot points in Slumdog Millionaire, Milk, The Dark Knight, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and Frost/Nixon, with Anne Hathaway as Nixon. The Hollywood Reporter ’s “Brutally Honest Oscar Ballot” series paved the way by offering the most reliably reactionary Academy members a place to spill their ugliest opinions on the year’s nominees.

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