Although Schumer is one of the most popular comedians in the United States, in Latin America she still hasn’t won a big name.
Although many were surprised to learn that Amy Schumer would be one of the women in charge of animating the new edition of the Oscars, the main doubt among people who do not live in the United States had one question in common: Who is Amy Schumer?
And it is that, although the comedian has a vast popularity in her native country, in other countries they simply do not recognize her name. the comedian rose to fame in 2007 when he was a reality show finalist Last Comic Standing of the NBC to later participate in other programs of humor and stand-up.
in 2015 Schumer starred in the comedy film This girl is a disasteras well as in 2018 sexy by accident. He has also excelled as a program writer and currently has its own serieswhich he also directs.
Thus, Schumer will be one of those responsible for return the figure of the master of ceremonies to the Oscarsfollowing three consecutive years without a presenter.
“I’m pretty scared”admitted the humorist, recognized for her irreverent and natural style, in an interview with Efe.
Schumer will join Regina Hall and Wanda Sykes, leaving them in charge of holding the reins of a ceremony whose audience decline begins to seriously worry the Hollywood Academy.
Last year’s gala, decaffeinated by the pandemic, brought together 10 million live viewers. It was its historic low. a drop of almost 60% from the previous year.
“I think that women are gaining more power in this industryto be able to direct or create shows when they haven’t been able to for a long time”, analyzed Schumer herself.
A minority at the Oscars
Throughout the history of male-shaped awards, very few women have been able to be part of the ceremony. In fact, in the last twenty years there have only been three presentersWhoopi Goldberg, Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Hathaway, the latter with James Franco.
In this edition with three women driving, according to Schumer, it will bring a new nuance to the style of the Oscars.
Schumer is one of the faces that best represents that wave of comic women who, thanks to social networks and the opening of Hollywood, have shaken the television scene.
From the same generation as Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Amy Poehler or Rebel Wilson, her humor is characterized by openly talking regarding sex, the pressure to fit physical ideals, feminism, racism and, more recently, maternity.
“In fact, It’s the first time I’ve been on tour since I had a baby.but my family supports me a lot, they are with me almost all the time, ”said the humorist, who before her pregnancy filled Madison Square Garden from New York (with almost 20,000 spectators), opened for Madonna and starred Inside Amy Schumerhis own reality show.
He also has experience presenting award galas. His monologue at the 2015 MTV Movie Awards went viral for his jokes regarding Hillary Clinton, Harrison Ford’s plane crashes (more frequent than desirable), and the power of the “Magic Mike” cast to “make their fingers disappear” while watching the movie.
For this ceremony, the comedian proposed that the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, appear at the Oscars.
The final decision depends on the producers of the ceremony, although she has already advanced that include some comment on “current conditions” in a gala that, however, will fulfill the function of entertaining in troubled times.
beyond the laughs
Parallel to the presentation of the Oscars, Amy Schumer just premiered her own series on Hulu and Disney+.
Life & Beth was directed, written and starred by herself, and is regarding a woman who seems to have it all: She lives in Manhattan with her partner, makes a living as a wine businesswoman and her friends admire her. But nothing satisfies him.
“She lives the way she’s supposed to live and he is quite unhappy”Schumer explained. However, Beth’s life will turn 180 degrees when she returns to her town due to a family incident.
Between comedy and realism, Schumer makes Life & Beth another portrait of millennial disillusionment as they were Fleabag, Girls or the Spanish Cardo. Series for millennials, precisely the audience that the Oscars want to recover.
