The host will do a bang-up, professional job but he’ll be hemmed in by the format – and, like every Oscar host, must now face the Amy/Tina factor
Chris Rock is coming back to host next February’s Oscars, and it’s something of a high-risk move both for him and the Academy. Neil Patrick Harris seemed like a good idea at the time, and so did Seth MacFarlane. Yet they both disappointed: MacFarlane infuriated everyone with crass sexist humour. Harris was better, and everyone loved him for the game way he strode out on stage in his underpants, in homage to the famous moment in that year’s hit Birdman. But the ratings were down. In this era of frenzied social media comment, the Oscar host gig can create indelibly bad moments in your CV that it never used to in the era of Billy Crystal or Bob Hope.
Chris Rock is coming back to host next February’s Oscars, and it’s something of a high-risk move both for him and the Academy. Neil Patrick Harris seemed like a good idea at the time, and so did Seth MacFarlane. Yet they both disappointed: MacFarlane infuriated everyone with crass sexist humour. Harris was better, and everyone loved him for the game way he strode out on stage in his underpants, in homage to the famous moment in that year’s hit Birdman. But the ratings were down. In this era of frenzied social media comment, the Oscar host gig can create indelibly bad moments in your CV that it never used to in the era of Billy Crystal or Bob Hope.
- 10/21/2015
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
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