Oscars' Night: I'd Like to Thank the Academy

WHY ISN'T JIMMY KIMMEL TELLING JOKES?

He admits that he has lost his Republican base of fans, and has become unabashedly political, as a comic late night show talk show host, but even though Jimmy Kimmel will talk freely about his opinions on universal healthcare, vaccines and opposition to at least one former President, one thing that Jimmy is keeping tight-lipped on, at least since April, is being named as the lead defendant in a racketeering suit.

The Academy Awards has steadily lost viewership, falling from being the first choice of over 42% of Americans in 1970, over a half century ago, to just around 10 million American viewers, just a little above the population of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and some have suggested that the recent string of controversies, ranging from naming the wrong winners for best picture to the well-orchestrated open hand slap by the winner of Best Actor Awardee, Will Smith, on the host emcee, Chris Rock.

It has long been the stage for political statements, like the refusal of Marlon Brando to accept his award for the Godfather, and, from the artistic community, even during the last awards ceremony there had been concerns that the artistic achievements were being overshadowed by concerns for viewer ratings and commercialism. But why, during a time of a divided nation, and a contentious partisan politics, the Academy of Motion Pictures chose to Jimmy Kimmel, who had even made jokes about Republicans dying in Florida from COVID-19, and not long after the U.S. District Court in Richmond had given the green light for the U.S. Marshals to serve process upon the late-night show talk show host is not something that either they nor Kimmel are willing to discuss at the present, electing a dubious right to remain silent.

Isn't there someone else who could host the 95th Annual Academy Awards Ceremony in March?

Tell Kimmel what you think at: (818) 460-7477.

Tell the Academy of Motion Pictures at: (310) 247-3000.

Or, you have a right to remain silent.