Indian comedian Vir Das has penned a note about why award ceremonies are better with comedians and not big stars as hosts. He also hinted at how mostly big stars are roped in to host major award events in India and how this affects the mood of the evening. The post comes in response to Jimmy Kimmel hosting the Oscars this year.
Vir took to Instagram to share a note and captioned it, “For the five people who care…” His note read, “Someone asked me today why comedians don't host film awards in India. Now many comedians myself included have scripted every film award we have. The point of having comedians host the Oscars or film awards is that for a night, a jester would humanise the most beautiful chosen people in the world, since they were being celebrated already. That's when any joke is a punch up.”
He further wrote, “Here, egos won't take a joke from anyone not at their level. So you go big. Ironically, the bigger the star who hosts, the trickier it's gonna be. So a huge star hosting works for the people in the room, just not always funny for the people watching. Simply because the power imbalance is off. It's only funny when the host has less power. So you're deciding between who you want the show to be funny for. The viewers, or the winners.”
Many flocked to the comment section to agree with Sir’s point of view. A fan wrote, “The awards themselves are quite funny. Best comedian in a villainous role, Best Actor in a wholesome entertainer, Best newcomer and awards to everyone who turned up.”