Talk:Adam McKay

Reviewed requested edits.

Information was properly cited and with neutral language.

TanookiKoopa (talk) 18:13, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

@TanookiKoopa: Thank you for your review of the Request Edits. Since I have a conflict of interest, I'm not supposed to directly edit the article myself. Would you mind either implementing the requests you have approved or giving me explicit instructions to do this on your behalf, as the reviewer? Thanks! Losangeles48 (talk) 21:58, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

@TanookiKoopa:@Losangeles48:I can make some of these if you want. They might need a little clean up for style and clarity, but otherwise look good to go. --FeldBum (talk) 04:49, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

@FeldBum: That would be awesome. Thanks so much. Losangeles48 (talk) 22:07, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

No problem. I'll start on em tonight. --FeldBum (talk) 22:19, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

First two done. I rewrote slightly to limit edits. I don't see any indication from the cited NYT bio of his parents only holding those jobs when McKay was a "young child," so didn't include that clause. --FeldBum (talk) 13:00, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

@FeldBum: Just checking to see if you might have time to review the others. FYI, I have deleted the request edits for the first two items you already addressed in case another editor comes along. I don’t want them to think that the rest have already been reviewed. Many thanks.Losangeles48 (talk) 19:44, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the ping, Losangeles48. Just opened the Talk Page this morning to try to get a few more done. Been one of those weeks. Let me see if I can finish it off today. --FeldBum (talk) 20:03, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

@Feldbum: Thanks for taking on this review. Just wanted to gently follow up. Losangeles48 (talk) 02:57, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

Hey Losangeles48, done through 7 with some small tweaks for grammar, content and Wikipedia precedent. I'll do the last two now. --FeldBum (talk) 22:01, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

Hey Losangeles48, all done. --FeldBum (talk) 22:24, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank you very much @FeldBum. I have a few other updates I wonder if you might consider reviewing.

1. In the lead, please replace the last sentence that begins “For Vice (2018), a biographical film he wrote…”

WITH:

For Vice (2018), a biographical film he wrote and directed about former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, McKayreceived Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.

Explanation: Revises sentence to include that McKay wrote and directed Vice, and added notable supporting source (previously missing from article).

2. In the “Podcasting” subsection, please add as the second sentence:

He produced “Broken: Jeffrey Epstein” and “Broken: Seeking Justice,” a podcast series that explores the Jeffrey Epstein case, in 2019 and 2020.

Explanation: Updates with two notable podcast series he produced about the Jeffrey Epstein case, with two high-quality supporting sources: The New York Times and Esquire.

Thank you for your consideration. Losangeles48 (talk) 00:16, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

“Help with Updates”

I work for Adam McKay, the film and television director, and have a couple more updates and corrections for the article. As I have a COI, I’d like to request that independent editors review these proposals. Thank you.

1. In the lead, please replace the last sentence that begins “For Vice (2018), a biographical film he wrote…”

WITH:

For Vice (2018), a biographical film he wrote and directed about former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, McKayreceived Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.

Explanation: Revises sentence to include that McKay wrote and directed Vice, and added notable supporting source (previously missing from article).

2. In the “Podcasting” subsection, please add as the second sentence:

He produced “Broken: Jeffrey Epstein” and “Broken: Seeking Justice,” a podcast series that explores the Jeffrey Epstein case, in 2019 and 2020.

Explanation: Updates with two notable podcast series he produced about the Jeffrey Epstein case, with two high-quality supporting sources: The New York Times and Esquire.

Thank you for your consideration.Losangeles48 (talk) 00:15, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

References

These look fine. Made some small tweaks (tense, wording, pronouns) and added. --FeldBum (talk) 23:21, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

Tagiing Losangeles48 --FeldBum (talk) 16:05, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

Clarification on time as head writer.

This is my first contribution to wikipedia ever so I apologize ahead of time if I'm doing this wrong. Unless there is something I'm missing I see some inconsistencies in this article with regards to McKay's time as a head writer on SNL: The second sentence of the article says McKay served as head writer for two seasons; Under "Writing, acting, and producing" sentence 2 states that within a year of 1995 (i.e. in 1996) McKay became head-writer and held that position until 2001. Not to repeat myself but unless I am missing something these two facts contradict each other. To clarify for myself I searched for the list of SNL headwriters by season. Assuming that the wikipedia article on that topic is correct, it looks like McKay was headwriter for 3 seasons. His first was season 22 starting in 1996 and his last was season 24 ending in 1999. (Typing it out I can see how it was mistaken for two seasons instead of 3). This also means that -- unless I am missing information -- the end of his tenure as head writer being 2001 should be updated to 1999.

Okthxbb (talk) 05:32, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

To add to article

Shouldn't we add a mention of McKay's new shark/climate change-themed film The Rising? 98.123.38.211 (talk) 00:00, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

Apparently, as of July 2024, he has just finished casting another climate change-themed film entitled 2°C. 98.123.38.211 (talk) 00:07, 22 July 2024 (UTC)