WOULD YOU BE HAPPY TO SEE ‘A STAR IS BORN’ WIN BEST PICTURE?
The latest version has inspired boundless passion, countless memes and a fair amount of eye-rolling. Does it have what it takes to earn a best picture nomination? Take this quiz to see if you’re in the sha-ha-sha-ha-ha-lows for this film.
1 Gender
(a) Female (7)
(b) Male (3)
2 How many times have you seen “A Star Is Born”?
(a) Once (4)
(b) Too many to count. (10)
(c) Stop bugging me! I’ll get around to it now that the World Series is over. (0)
3 How many other versions of “A Star Is Born” have you seen?
(a) All of them, including “What Price Hollywood?” (6)
(b) I started watching the Streisand one on Netflix the other night. Does that count? (2)
(c) Wait. There have been other versions??? (10)
4 When Gaga goes all “Haaaaaa-ahhhh-ahhhohhhh-ahhaaaaaa-ahhhh-ahhh-ohhhh-ah!!!” you’re, like:
(a) Queen! (10)
(b) Gesundheit! (2)
(c) Secretly wishing you had tinnitus like Jackson Maine. (0)
5 The movie’s attitude toward pop music seems:
(a) Confusing (3)
(b) Condescending (0)
(c) (Taking ear buds out) I’m sorry. I wasn’t paying attention. I was listening to “Why Did You Do That?” (10)
6 Your ultimate romantic gesture would be to give your partner a:
(a) Dozen roses (3)
(b) Bag of frozen peas. (10)
7 Bradley Cooper’s voice sounds like:
(a) Sam Elliott (5)
(b) Heaven! (8)
(c) A sun-poisoned bullfrog dying in the gutter (0)
8 When you wake up each morning, you start out ...
(a) Eager to face a brand-new day! (3)
(b) Burdened with regret, wishing for oblivion. It’s hard keepin’ it so hardcore. (8)
(c) Humming “Why Did You Do That?” over and over and over again. (9)
9 Favorite musical couple:
(a) Jay-Z and Beyoncé (4)
(b) Kurt and Courtney (0)
(c) Sonny and Cher (8)
10 Did you choke up during the movie?
(a) I brushed away tears at the end, yes. (6)
(b) My eyes were as dry as the Arizona sky. (1)
(c) Constantly. This movie destroyed me. And if you didn’t weep, YOU ARE AN ABSOLUTE MONSTER! (10)
11 Element from the film you’d like to incorporate into your life:
(a) Authenticity (6)
(b) Martyrdom (4)
(c) Bradley Cooper’s self-tanner and whatever products he used to make his hair so amazing! (9)
12 Ultimately, “A Star Is Born” is about …
(a) … teaching that anything is possible, so long as a famous man is really into you. (3)
(b) … melodrama, myth-making and the cathartic power of a good cry. (10) (c) … a half-hour too long. (0)