Hollywood send-up. No-name actors are making a low-budget period drama called "Home for Purim," when an anonymous post on the Internet suggests that one performance is Oscar-worthy. Then, two more cast members get Oscar-related press: buzz in "Variety" and appearances on TV prompt the studio executives to insist on changes in the script in anticipation of a blockbuster. Jump ahead a few months to the days before Oscar nominees are announced: just the possibility of a nomination has changed the actors' lives. Agents, publicists, make-up artists, local celebrity reporters, and other bit players round out the backstage ensemble. Hooray for Hollywood!
Eric and J.D. talk mockumentaries, faux-hawks, the likelihood of Catherine O'Hara getting a real Oscar nomination, and Ricky Gervais' addition to Christopher Guest's ensemble comedy For Your Consideration in their review of the director's latest. Three actors learn their respective performances in the film Home for Purim, a drama set in the mid-1940s American South, are generating award-season buzz.
