{"id":236652,"date":"2021-04-27T17:44:56","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T14:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/critics-rail-on-woke-academy-awards-broadcast\/"},"modified":"2021-04-27T17:44:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T14:44:56","slug":"critics-rail-on-woke-academy-awards-broadcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/critics-rail-on-woke-academy-awards-broadcast\/","title":{"rendered":"#Critics rail on \u2018woke\u2019 Academy Awards broadcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Critics rail on \u2018woke\u2019 Academy Awards broadcast<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Critics from across the political spectrum, from Fox <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>\u2019 Sean Hannity to late night funnyman Jimmy Kimmel, slammed the Academy Awards\u00a0by pointing out how the constant lecturing by Hollywood celebrities, sports stars and \u201cother woke <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> justice warriors\u201d about their political beliefs makes them unbearable to watch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmericans are fed up with being talked down to, having their values ridiculed, mocked and being lectured to. Elites in Hollywood, famous professional athletes, other woke social justice warriors, now constantly ramming their political beliefs into every single aspect of your life,\u201d Hannity said on his show Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Movies<\/a>, sitcoms, pro sports, the left\u2019s holier-than-thou ideology, it\u2019s now inescapable. America\u2019s favorite pastimes the NFL, the NBA, MLB, all sports that when you think about it, bring people of all races, all backgrounds, all religions, all political points of view, strangers, high-fiving each other, celebrating, commiserating together based on the love and built around the love of a shared passion\u201d over their sport and their team, he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-nypost-inline-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Sean Hannity in 2018.\" class=\"wp-image-18081095 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/oscars-48.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/oscars-48.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/oscars-48.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/oscars-48.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=600 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cAmericans are fed up with being talked down to, having their values ridiculed, mocked and being lectured to,\u201d Sean Hannity said during his show.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cNow even sports are being used as a divisive platform for far-left talking points. And Americans now are tuning out in droves,\u201d Hannity continued.<\/p>\n<p>His comments were consistent with those from Kelly, a former Fox News host who now has a podcast, about the dismal show\u200b and its ratings nosedive.\u200b<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow\u2019s all that incessant, insufferable woke, depressing lecturing via film, interviews, social media &amp; at the actual, awful awards show going, Hollywood? Oscars Ratings Plummet by 58 Percent in overall, down 64% in younger audience\u200b,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/megynkelly\/status\/1386745016861794305\">she wrote in a tweet<\/a>.\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<p>A paltry 9.85 million viewers watched ABC\u2019s Oscar broadcast Sunday night, down 60 percent from last year\u2019s show.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u200bIt was also the first time that fewer than 10 million people tuned in.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel, who hosted the Oscars in 2017 and 2018, quipped, \u201cHow can something so woke put so many people to sleep?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpeaking of elaborate funerals, did you watch the Oscars last night? Not many people did. The ratings for the oscars plummeted from 23 million last year to less than 10 million this year,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iceU9u2SWJQ\">he said<\/a> during\u00a0the\u00a0monologue\u00a0on his show \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d\u00a0Monday night.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jimmy Kimmel on the 2021 Oscars &amp; Guillermo on the Red Carpet!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iceU9u2SWJQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFor whatever reason, the awards were held at Union Station in downtown, which is the closest many of these stars have ever been to public transportation. And they tried to mix it up. They really did. This was the\u00a0year\u00a0that finally answered the question:\u00a0What h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ens when you don\u2019t cut off\u00a0the acceptance speeches.\u00a0Turns out they go on for a very long time,\u201d Kimmel said.<\/p>\n<p>\u200bHannity said people tune in to television shows or watch an athletic event \u201cto break away from the normal everyday stress of life, the rancor, the politics, the riots here, the riots there, the riots everywhere.\u200b\u201d\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Megyn Kelly speaks onstage in 2018.\" class=\"wp-image-18081100 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/oscars-49.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/oscars-49.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/oscars-49.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/oscars-49.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=819 819w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/oscars-49.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1638 1638w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 819px\"\/><figcaption>Megyn Kelly blames Hollywood\u2019s \u201cincessant, insufferable woke, depressing lecturing\u201d for the Oscars\u2019 poor ratings.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Fortune<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But he said sports stars like Colin Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who took a knee during the national anthem in 2016, and LeBron James have alienated viewers. \u200b<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast season\u2019s NBA ratings were the lowest in history. The politically charged finals featuring a very woke LeBron James averaged only 7.5 million viewers. That is a 50 percent decline over the previous year. The final <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> of the series last year garnered only 5.6 million viewers. That\u2019s it. That\u2019s an all-time low,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmericans are fed up. They\u2019re sick and tired of the ignorant lectures from this country\u2019s pious celebrities,\u201d Hannity continued.\u200b<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid take a knee prior to the game against the Dallas Cowboys at Levi Stadium on October 2, 2016.\" class=\"wp-image-18081103 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/oscars-47.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/oscars-47.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/oscars-47.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/oscars-47.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/oscars-47.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Sean Hannity says political protests from athletes like Colin Kaepernick have alienated viewers.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cRemember the NFL also had their serious dip in ratings when backup quarterback Colin Kaepernick decided to turn the game into one big political protest against the US,\u200b\u201d he said.\u200b \u201cAnd then there are the Academy Awards,\u201d Hannity said, noting that 55 million people watched the show in 1998.<\/p>\n<p> \u200b\u201dNow that the awards have turned into one big far-left protest where self-obsessed celebrities berate the American people and tell them how to think, well, now the viewership has completely bottomed out. Last night\u2019s numbers, historic lows. I mean, really, really bad. Last night under 10 million viewers tuned in. That\u2019s 58 percent less than just last year, a whopping 77 percent less than 2014,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u200bRegina King, the host of Sunday\u2019s show, \u200bkicked off the night by talking about former police officer Derek Chauvin\u2019s conviction in the death of George\u00a0Floyd.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Regina King speaks onstage during the 93rd Annual Academy Awards.\" class=\"wp-image-18081115 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/oscars-46.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/oscars-46.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/oscars-46.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/oscars-46.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/oscars-46.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Regina King opened the show by talking about former police officer Derek Chauvin\u2019s murder conviction.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIf things had gone differently in Minneapolis, I would have been trading in my heels for marching boots,\u201d King said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a mother of a black son, I know the fear that so many live with,\u201d said King, mom to 25-year-old son Ian Alexander Jr. \u201cAnd no amount of fame or fortune changes that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tyler Perry, who received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, said Americans should \u201crefuse hate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t hate anybody. I refuse to hate someone because they\u2019re Mexican or because they are black or white, or LGBTQ. I refuse to hate someone because they\u2019re a police officer. I refuse to hate someone because they are Asian. I would hope that we would refuse hate,\u201d the producer, actor and writer said.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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