• Revisiting: The Surprising, Queer History of the 1974 Oscars Streaker

  • Mar 9 2024
  • Length: 38 mins
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Revisiting: The Surprising, Queer History of the 1974 Oscars Streaker

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  • With the 96th Academy Awards this Sunday, we wanted to revisit this episode from last year. The Oscars seems to be cursed with a series of chaotic live television gaffes. But one moment in Academy Award history takes the cake. In 1974, a scrawny white man named Robert Opel ran across the stage butt naked, right as the Best Picture category was being announced. New Yorker magazine writer and Oscars aficionado Michael Schulman recounts the queer, wonderful, and historic life of the 1974 Oscars streaker.

    You can read the full story here: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/02/06/what-became-of-the-oscar-streaker

    You can find Michael Schulman’s new book Oscar Wars here.

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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