The Academy Awards Delivered On One Thing: Memes
If the 95th Academy Awards needed anything, it was reactions. Reactions means viewers! In the age of all-streaming-everything it's harder than ever to get viewers to watch your awards shows. Hell, that's why Will Smith slap last year was both a gift and a curse for the Academy Awards. The incident boosted the show's stats by an extra 1.5 million viewers, but it sullied the news cycle around the Oscars for an entire year. The old adage may be that any press is good press, but the slap had celebrities talking about how they were traumatized like they it was their own personal January 6th insurrection.
The Oscars may not have had a slap this year, but the reactions still kept coming—and not even the season finale of The Last of Us could stop people from furiously making memes. The night started with a solid Jimmy Kimmel monologue, which yes, absolutely featured some wisecracks about last year's snafu. Throughout the rest of the night, the Academy Awards brought out Pedro Pascal himself, the "Naatu Naatu" dancers from RRR, and even—we hope?!—the lovable Jenny the donkey from The Banshees of Inisherin. (Academy? Once again, I call on you to institute an award for Best Animal Actor. Jenny would've been a shoo-in.) The night also featured performances from the likes of Lady Gaga, Rihanna, and David Byrne. Below, check out some of the funniest reactions from the 2023 Academy Awards.
For the first time since I’ve attended the Oscars, there’s a box of snacks under every seat with a bottle of water, Hot Tamales, a pretzel and a note from Jimmy Kimmel. “Eat this. You’re hungry.” #Oscars2023 pic.twitter.com/NyrN3n04cc
— Ramin Setoodeh (@RaminSetoodeh) March 13, 2023
jimmy Kimmel going 2 seconds without mentioning the slap pic.twitter.com/749XeMDVoc
— Le Cinéphiles (@LeCinephiles) March 13, 2023
Are we ready for Pedro Pascal to say “My Year of Dicks”?
— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) March 13, 2023
You’ll parade a donkey around the stage but won’t award it??
— Justin Kirkland (@justinkirkland4) March 13, 2023
Lady Gaga was once again like "i will only perform at the Oscars if it is filmed in the most uncomfortably intimate way possible" and i love that about her
— david ehrlich (@davidehrlich) March 13, 2023
The camera panning to Lady Gaga sitting like this #Oscars #Oscars95 #AcademyAwards pic.twitter.com/tS5r9c1GUQ
— Kenny (@kennysroys) March 13, 2023
THIS IS LITERALLY MOMMY AND DADDY !!!!!!!! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/Imw9bXdNld
— ken (@wandaslizzie) March 13, 2023
the oscars the last of us pic.twitter.com/2OMkxkFOlJ
— laura (@sharpcbjects) March 13, 2023
Now WHY have Ariana DeBose go up there to announce anyone BUT Angela Bassett??! pic.twitter.com/UEeybufLrk
— Nicole Nichelle is Innocent ?? (@alamanecer) March 13, 2023
Michael B. Jordan and Jonathan Majors give a shoutout to Angela Bassett: "Hey Auntie, we love you." #Oscars pic.twitter.com/xIQlVq8AOZ
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) March 13, 2023
Me stealing the oscar to give it to Angela Bassett #oscars pic.twitter.com/KfkLUJo0h9
— ?? (@bvbhive) March 13, 2023
So wild that Austin Butler is going to win an oscar for Best Actor of the year, when he’s not even the best ELVIS of the year..#Oscars #EEAAO pic.twitter.com/Hlbekm9FjO
— GLENNCELLO THE SHELLO WITH SHOES ON (@GlennDeLaCreme) March 11, 2023
OKAY ITS NOT FUNNY ANYMORE THIS FUCKING WAR MOVIE BETTER STAY AWAY FROM EEAAO IN THE MAIN CATEGORIES pic.twitter.com/mZcth6u7li
— seth (@sethh_sm) March 13, 2023
love the fact that daniel kwan’s suit is inspired by michelle yeoh’s cardigan in #EEAAO pic.twitter.com/yaIKU8jNox
— Nicole Zhu (@nicolelzhu) March 13, 2023
BRENDAN AND MICHELLE LETS GOOOO EEAAO BEST PICTURE AAAAAAA #Oscars IVE NEVER SAID ANYTHING BAD ABOUT THE ACADEMY I SWEAR !! pic.twitter.com/6RzARp5jl6
— ???????????????????? {glee cast version} ?? (@l4ur4pr) March 13, 2023
This entire EEAAO best picture win has my whole party saying “awww” more than we have all night (the Harrison Ford/Ke Huy Quan hug!!!)
— Hoai-Tran Bui (@htranbui) March 13, 2023
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