Experts slugfest mailbag: ‘Wicked’s’ color grading, Kate Winslet, and Demi Moore is Margot Robbie?

Is “Wicked’s” color grading that bad? Will Kate Winslet‘s friendly endorsements amount to anything? Gold Derby editors and experts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng are here to answer your burning questions of the week.

“Wicked’s” desaturated look, especially compared to the Technicolor pop of “The Wizard of Oz,” has been a point of grievance since the first images dropped. And the discourse has not subsided since the movie’s been seen (and Jon M. Chu‘s viral explanation of it also hasn’t exactly helped). But maybe there’s a more technical reason why “Wicked” look the way it does that doesn’t have to do with color at all — because there are colors in the movie.

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Meanwhile, Winslet has been hitting the campaign trail for “Lee” — and not alone. She’s got the support of her “Titanic” pals Leonardo DiCaprio and Frances Fisher, along with that of Dwayne Johnson. The holy trinity? Could the Oscar winner pull off a shocking nomination like her “Lee” co-star (and Fisher-endorsed) Andrea Riseborough did for “To Leslie”? It’s not quite the same since the Riseborough grassroots campaign was solely focused on the Oscars and went public much later. Even if Winslet doesn’t make it at the Oscars, could she sneak in at a precursor somewhere?

Elsewhere, we discuss selective category fraud anger, if Demi Moore is this year’s Margot Robbie, and have to to choose between Austin Butler as Elvis Presley and Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan.

Email your questions to slugfests@goldderby.com.

Timestamps:
Intro – 00:00
Press tours – 02:46
Category fraud – 07:11
‘Wicked’ – 12:48
‘Emilia Pérez’ – 17:19
Demi Moore is Margot Robbie? – 21:12
‘Wicked’s’ color grading – 26:35
‘A Complete Unknown,’ ‘September 5,’ and ‘Blitz’ – 31:50
Austin Butler as Elvis or Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan? – 36:52
Norbert Leo Butz – 42:56
Kate Winslet – 44:46
Movie stars – 47:01
Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones miscast? – 49:55
‘Anora’ – 53:58
Andy Murray coaching Novak Djokovic – 59:26
A Bob Dylan correction – 1:02:08