I'm happy that Todd Phillips was able to lose to Taika Waititi, obviously, but I find the idea that Joker was an "adapted screenplay" dubious. Adapted from what? Seems like an original story about an existing character. Is a sequel by that logic an adaptation?
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Alexandra Erin Retweeted Dave Singleton
...and this is apparently the correct answer. Weird. That's a much looser definition of "adaptation" than I would have guessed, though I suppose it makes sense. Different creative constraints than a non-sequel.https://mobile.twitter.com/dfsingleton/status/1227079750281117696 …
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I question the label "adapted" but I suppose the alternative is to call it "best unoriginal screenplay" and who would want to win that?
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Yes, that's basically it - the "Adapted" category exists as a catchall for everything that failed to meet their standards for "Original"
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I had a thread about how their standards for "Best Original Song" are just as exacting, although there's no category at all for "unoriginal songs"
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To be eligible for Best Original Song the song can't verifiably draw on another song *at all* - no sampling, no covers, no parodies - and must have been created specifically for the movie
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Simon and Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson" was disqualified for Best Original Song because it's a song they started working on before they got attached to The Graduate, even though it was never published in any form before the movie
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