Jimmy Kimmel’s Oscar monologue was tepid and unfunny – it’s time for a new host
Jimmy Kimmel wasn’t – despite Donald Trump’s assertion, posted to his social media site Truth Social mid-show – the worst Oscar host ever. But his opening monologue wasn’t especially funny, inspiring light titters rather than belly laughs. But it fit a melancholy ceremony nearly derailed by a protest right outside the venue, and an industry uncertain about its own future.
Kimmel has always been a bit too strait-laced for these things, a US, a movie so easily mockable that .
