VOlodymyr Zelensky could speak at the next Oscars ceremony, which will be held on Sunday March 27. In any case, this is the wish expressed by Amy Schumer on Tuesday March 22, reports BFMTV. The 27-year-old comedian explained that he wanted to take advantage of the exceptional echo of the Oscars evening, until recently the most watched non-sporting event on television. “I wanted to find a way to have Zelensky on satellite or in a taping, just because so many eyes are on the Oscars,” she said.
However, the exercise risks being tricky, as the intervention of the Ukrainian warlord would clash with the very mainstream entertainment that is the Oscars. The comedian, who will be responsible for brightening up the long evening, however, hopes to be able to combine the hypothetical speech of Volodymyr Zelensky and the spirit of the Oscars: “I have a few jokes that evoke the current situation. There are so many horrible things going on that you don’t know which one to choose. »
The Oscars on the decline
Anyway, and with or without the Ukrainian president, the Oscars will have to make sure to raise the bar next Sunday. In recent years, the ceremony seems to be running out of steam. Audiences, although still significant, are down. In addition, the Oscars have frequently been accused of leaving too little room for diversity, and many controversies have shaken previous editions.
The Covid, finally, did not help, forcing the world of cinema to cut back. Thus, in 2021, the show had gathered just under 10 million viewers in the United States. Barely more, for comparison, than the final of the Six Nations tournament, followed by 9 million French people on Saturday March 19, and while the United States has a population five times larger.
