Jimmy Kimmel’s Oscars: fourth time’s a charm

On repeated occasions and using irony fine enough to be taken into account, Jimmy Kimmel has spoken of the narcolepsy that he has suffered since he was a child. It does not seem difficult to imagine the abrupt interruption of the involuntary sleep suffered by the famous American comedian when a couple of years ago the echo of the slap given by Will Smith to Chris Rock at the Oscars strongly crossed the airwaves of his television, and step, everyone the imaginable narrative limits of the grotesque spectacle.

At that moment, Kimmel was spared from leading the difficult task of directing the gala despite having done so before on numerous occasions, but at least he was able to enjoy a rapid awakening. Now, the opportunity to experience in first person something more historical and grotesque in terms of Hollywood performance than the already legendary encounter of the actor from “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air” gains strength as a result of the fact that the host of the program “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” has been chosen to present the 2024 ceremony, as confirmed this week by the Academy. “If anyone in this theater commits an act of violence at any time during the show, they will be given the Oscar for best actor and allowed to give a 19-minute speech. But seriously, the Academy has a crisis team. If it happens something unpredictable or violent during the ceremony, do what you did last year: NOTHING. Sit there and do absolutely nothing. Give the aggressor a hug,” the comedian ironically stated at the opening of the latest edition of the awards.

With barely four months left until the celebration of the 96th edition of the awards and with the names of the nominees still absent, Kimmel, a 56-year-old New Yorker who, with this, will have already taken the stage for the presentation of the Oscars, will face the leadership of a contest that this year promises to be hectic to say the least after successive strikes by scriptwriters and actors. “I have always dreamed of presenting the Oscars exactly four times,” the comedian joked.

In addition, Molly McNearney will repeat as producer, as she did in 2023 as well as in 2017 and 2018. It should be remembered that Kimmel and McNearney share life, time, children, but they have also worked for no less than two decades, since she is the producer and co-writer of the aforementioned program “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”, which has been on the air since 2003. Let’s hope that Kimmel does not fall asleep, that there is no need to pull an alarm like Smith’s and that the fourth time is the charm in terms of audience improvement. For allying ourselves with numerology.