Even in a star-studded list of award show host stinkers, the Filipino-American comedian was special – in that he went down like a lead balloonFull report: Oppenheimer and Succession dominate major awardsBlack lace and Barbie pink: the 2024 red carpet – in picturesMuch like Portaloo cleaners and gastroenterologists, award ceremony host is a thankless job that involves handling a lot of crap.
The Academy Awards got so used to its hosts tanking (see: a gurning James Franco; Seth MacFarlane singing about boobs) that they briefly stopped hiring them all together before returning to the safe, staid embrace of Jimmy Kimmel (four years in a row now and counting).Most hosts are either overtly trying to be offensive that it becomes boring, or so inoffensive that they’re boring (see: Kimmel).
On the years someone does an outstanding job, they mainly serve as a reminder of how terrible everyone else did.Continue reading.
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