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While there are always many things to look forward to during the
Academy Awards, this year, one moment stood out above the rest.
Given the current political climate and growing discussion around
celebrities' involvement in politics, Jimmy Kimmel's 2017 Oscars
monologue was highly anticipated. Would he make a political
statement, kicking off the show on a more serious note? Would he
Transcript Of Jimmy Kimmel's 2017 Oscars MonologueMixes Comedy With A Message Of Unity
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stick to jokes about the nominees and attendees? Or would he
combine the two? As this transcript of Jimmy Kimmel's Oscars
monologue shows, the host actually decided to mix both ideas, with
light-hearted commentary on the state of the U.S.
The monologue is always an important part of any awards show,
because it dictates the tone of the night. For example, at the 2017 SAG
Awards, there was no host, but Ashton Kutcher opened the show with
a passionate speech about the immigration ban. The rest of the night
followed suit, with many acceptance speeches focusing on President
Trump's policies and the future of the United States.
As one of the biggest awards shows, there's an extra level of
responsibility for the Academy Awards. The host needs to hook a
large audience and keep them engaged for hours, but they also have
an opportunity to speak about important issues on a very public
platform. Kimmel started the night with a few easy jokes directed at
Justin Timberlake, and from there, well, check out the transcript below.
"Congratulations to everyone who’s nominated tonight. Thank
you for letting me be a part of this. I’m excited, I’ve never been
to the Oscars before, this is my first time here, and the way you
people go through hosts, this is probably my last time here. So
I’m gonna enjoy this while I can.
This broadcast is being watched by millions of Americans and
around the world by more than 225 countries that now hate us
and I think that is an amazing thing. As you know, I don't have
to tell anybody, the country is divided right now. I’ve been
getting a lot of advice, people have been telling me it’s time to
bring everyone together, you need to say something to unite us,
and, let’s just get something straight off the top, I can't do that.
There's only one Braveheart in their room and he's not gonna
unite us either."
Kimmel was, of course, talking about Mel Gibson, and after the
cameras cut to him, the host continued:
"Mel, you look great, I think the Scientology is working I really
do.
I’m not the person to unite this country, but it can be done. … I
don't want to get too serious, but there are millions and millions
of people watching right now and if every one of you took a
minute to reach out to one person you disagree with, someone
you like, and have one positive, considerate conversation, not as
liberals or conservatives, but as Americans, if we could all do
that we could make America great again. It starts with us."
After that more serious message, Kimmel shifted tones by reaching
out to someone he personally has issues with, Matt Damon, and as
you'd expect, the "healing" quickly turned to mocking.
"And tonight in the spirit of healing and bringing people
together, I would like to bury the hatchet with someone I’ve had
issues with, Matt Damon. I’ve known Matt for a long time now.
I’ve known Matt for so long, when I first met Matt, I was the fat
one. That’s true. And we’ve had problems.
He’s a selfish person, those of you who have worked with him
know this. But Matt did something very un-selfish and I wanna
commend him for it, for real. Matt, as you probably know,
could have starred in Manchester by the Sea, he was the
producer, it’s nominated for six Oscars including Lead Actor,
and he could have taken that lead actor part for himself, but he
didn’t. He gave that role to Casey Affleck, his childhood friend.
He handed what turned out to be an Oscar-caliber role over to
his friend, and made a Chinese ponytail movie instead. And
that movie, The Great Wall, went on to lose $80 million.
Smooth move, dumbass.
From there, Kimmel turned his attention to the actual movies.
"See, it’s so easy to reach out and heal. Maybe this isn’t a
popular thing to say, but I want to say thank you to President
Trump. Remember last year when it seemed like the Oscars
were racist? That's gone, thanks to him.
It has been an amazing year for movies. Black people saved
NASA and white people saved jazz, that’s what you call
progress. A little movie musical called La La Land ties the all-
time Oscar record, it was directed by Damien Chazelle, 14
nominations. 14 nominations, one for every year Damien has
been alive. Tonight is very important for Damien, if he wins
he’ll get to go to any college he wants, so we wish you the best."
But La La Land wasn't Kimmel's only target and he next turned to
Manchester by the Sea.
"The movie business is changing. For the first time ever,
Amazon is represented at the Academy Awards. Amazon is the
first streaming service nominated for Best Picture. Jeff Bezos is
the founder and CEO and I want to say congratulations to Jeff.
Jeff, I also want you to know if you win tonight, you can expect
your Oscar to arrive in 2-5 business days, possibly stolen by a
GrubHub delivery man.
Amazon produced Manchester by the Sea, that was a fun movie
wasn’t it? You know if you search for Manchester by the Sea on
Amazon it says, customers who bought this item also purchased
Zoloft."
The next targets were Moonlight and Fences, well, more Denzel
Washington than the actual movie for the latter.
"I don’t know what’s going on but there are a lot of sad movies
this year. The only happy ending of all the nominees was the
one in the middle of Moonlight. You didn’t watch it did you?
‘Oh we love it so much.’
The incredible Denzel Washington is nominated for Fences, a
movie he also directed. I don't know but you probably already
heard the story, but apparently Denzel always wanted to work
with Denzel, and it just so happened that their schedules worked
out and the rest is Oscar history, congratulations to you my
friend."
After that came Elle and Silence, with a side of political commentary
and a dig at Hollywood sexism.
"We have colleagues and friends from all around the world
tonight. The great actress from France, Isabelle Huppert, is
here with us. Isabelle, as you know, is nominated for her
performance in the movie Elle, and on behalf on everyone here
I’d like to say, we didn’t see Elle but we absolutely loved it. You
were amazing in that film and I’m glad Homeland Security let
you in tonight. I really am.
We are very welcoming to outsiders here in Hollywood. We
don’t discriminate against people based on what countries they
come from. We discriminate against them based on their age
and weight.
Andrew Garfield lost 40 pounds, where is Andrew Garfield?
You could barely even see him he got so thin. There he is. He
lost 40 pounds for his role in the movie Silence. It was an
astonishing physical transformation that hasn't been attempted
since every actress in every role ever."
After a brief joke about no one seeing Captain Fantastic, Kimmel got a
bit political again, referencing Donald Trump's comments about
nominee Meryl Streep being overrated. You can also see his
monologue in the video below.
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"We are here tonight to honor great actors, but we’re also here
to honor the actors who seem great, but actually really aren’t.
And of all the ‘great’ actors here in Hollywood, one in
particular has stood the test time for her many underwhelming
and overrated performances.
May I say from her mediocre early work in Deer Hunter and
Out of Africa to her underwhelming performances in Kramer
vs. Kramer and Sophie’s Choice, Meryl Streep has phoned it in
for more than 50 films over the course of her lackluster career.
This is Meryl’s 20th Oscar nomination. Even more amazing
considering the fact that she wasn't even in a movie this year,
we just wrote her name down out of habit.
Meryl stand up if you would. Everyone please join me in giving
Meryl Streep a totally undeserved round of applause, will you?
We’re gonna have fun tonight, I hope we’re gonna have fun
tonight. Nice dress by the way, is that an Ivanka? "
And to wrap things up, Kimmel took one more dig at the president.
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"I know we’ve all seen it all, but I think it’s important that we all
take a second to appreciate what is happening here, we’re at the
Oscars. The Academy Awards. You’re nominated. You got to
come. Your family is nominated, your friends.
Some of you will get to come up on this stage tonight and give a
speech that the president of the United States will tweet about in
all caps during his 5 a.m. bowel movement tomorrow. And I
think that’s pretty darn excellent if you ask me, so let’s get
going."
If rest of the Oscars follow Kimmel's example, they'll be a great blend
of humor, political commentary, and jabs at the nominees.
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