Whoopi Goldberg

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q49001: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

No film of theirs is counted: acting and studio count only when asked for, so what they drew on and who drew on them comes only from the lines with them at one end. Count them as actor (4 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Acting (5) everyone in acting

actor (detective), The Player (The Rewatchables, 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris)
actor, Ghost (The Rewatchables, 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris)
actor, Sister Act (The Rewatchables, 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris)
star (implied), Jumping Jack Flash (Blank Check — Patreon, Fight Club with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free))
lead, Jumping Jack Flash (Blank Check — Patreon, Something's Gotta Give with Bobby Finger (Ad-Free))

Other (1) everyone in other

considered for Tess, Working Girl (The Rewatchables, ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson)

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

career (career): Whoopi Goldberg → Ghost. Whoopi's few scenes land as an Apex Mountain moment: Ghost was just before, and she holds an Oscar prop a year after winning one.
“And Ghost is right before this, and it's just, you drop her in a movie like a grenade for 15 minutes.”
The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 0:49:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
career (career): Whoopi Goldberg → Sister Act. Whoopi's 1992 peak: Ghost the year before, Sister Act the same year.
“She had a great, she had a great 1992.”
The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 1:32:08 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

what-if (what-if): Whoopi Goldberg → Working Girl. Nichols considered Whoopi Goldberg because he had done her stand-up show.
“would be Goldberg, was the one they were considering because Nichols did her, like, stand-up, uh, show”
The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:32:11 · Joanna Robinson (0.60 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

fun, about Whoopi Goldberg: Whoopi's tampon scene and her mini moments: lifting the Academy Award a year after winning for Ghost, and pushing a witness to pick number 3 in the lineup.
“she picks up the Academy Award and holds it and she's like, oh, this is heavy.”
The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 0:49:59 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)