As in France for the Césars, the American suitors do not jostle to animate the Oscars.
A mission where we collect more blows (figuratively and literally since the slap of Will Smith on Chris Rock) than laurels.
Whatever happens next March 12 at the Dolby Theater during the 95th Academy Awards, we can't blame presenter Jimmy Kimmel for having given everything to brighten up the evening.
Accepting for the third time to play the masters of ceremonies, Jimmy Kimmel gave everything in a first clip for the big day.
The host has enlisted two of the stars of
Top Gun Maverick
, which resurrected the American box office, to parody a cult scene from the film carried by Tom Cruise.
In this sequence, Jon Hamm and Charlie Parnell reprise their roles as army generals.
But instead of notifying his mission order Pete ''Maverick'' Mitchell (Cruise), they face Jimmy Kimmel in uniform.
“I have to admit that I didn't expect to be asked to present the Oscars again
,” Jimmy Kimmel wonders in the trailer.
Marble, Jon Hamm replies: “
Your bad reputation precedes you.
We asked a lot of people before you”
.
And Hamm to list the candidates who had his favors:
“Steve Martin, Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, Steve Austin, Steve Seagal, Steve Urkel, Steve from Blue's Clues.
And again, these are just all the Steves we've thought of."
Tasty allusion to the slap and the “gate envelope”
In a teasing allusion to Will Smith's infamous slap on Chris Rock, Charlie Parnell takes over.
"
Oscars broadcaster ABC
asked us to find an unflappable, unwavering presenter
."
“
That's good, I can't stand being pushed around and hit me.
I cry if someone touches me”
, answers Jimmy Kimmel who says he was forced to accept because
“the bankruptcy of cryptocurrencies led him to bankruptcy”
.
The answer makes his superiors blanch.
Not even reassured by the support for Kimmel from “Admiral” Billy Crystal.
The actor, who makes a short appearance in this diversion, was one of the most emblematic masters of ceremonies at the Oscars.
Jimmy Kimmel, already on the animation chore in 2017 when
La La Land
was mistakenly announced winner of the Best Picture trophy before the right envelope was opened and designated
Moonlight
, humorously self-flagellates.
“I will open the evening with a musical or dance number.
I might also make a hackneyed joke about my underwear or throw a standing ovation for a revered old talent.
If it passes, there are only four or five hours left before we give the title of best feature to the good film, hopefully”
,
jokes
Jimmy Kimmel.
Good player and not resentful.
Hopefully this pastiche sets the tone for the March ceremony where the sci-fi movie
Everything, Everywhere, All At Once ,
Inesherin's
Broken Banshees Friendship
and Steven Spielberg's childhood tale
The Fabelmans
stand out as favorites.
