Amy Poehler thinks it's "some hot bulls**t" that more comedy movies aren't recognized by the Oscars.
In the latest episode of her podcast, Good Hang with Amy, the former Saturday Night Live star was joined by Olivia Colman, as she promoted her new flick The Roses. During the chat, Colman briefly called her co-star Benedict Cumberbatch, who claimed that "if you can do comedy, you can do anything." The Marvel star added: "I really do believe that."
While the likes of The Favourite, Jojo Rabbit, Barbie, Don't Look Up, and Everything Everywhere All at Once, which actually went on to win Best Picture, were all nominated for Academy Awards in recent years, it's fair to say that the vast majority of the humor-featuring films voters highlight tend to skew pretty dark. You'd be hard-pressed to find one that doesn't boast descriptors such as "black comedy" or "satirical"... and even then, it's mostly straight drama that dominates every category each year – with sci-fi, fantasy, and horror being largely ignored, too.
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