‘Every year, everybody in comedy gets blanked’: Amy Poehler criticises Oscars for snubbing comedies

Speaking to Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch on her Good Hang podcast, the star criticised the lack of credit given to comedy acting

Amy Poehler, the Saturday Night Live veteran and star of multiple films as well as Parks and Recreation, has spoken out about what she perceives as an anti-comedy bias at the Oscars.

Speaking to Olivia Colman on her Good Hang podcast, Poehler first canvassed Colman’s The Roses co-star Benedict Cumberbatch for questions.

“If you can do comedy, you can do anything. I really do believe that,” Cumberbatch said, to which Poehler concurred, saying: “Of course. You don’t have to tell me, babe!”

She continued: “Every single year at the Oscars, everybody [in comedy] gets blanked and all the serious people get up and accept and accept. It’s some hot bullshit! Because comedy is not easy. And I got to tell you, both you and Olivia can do both.”