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Amy Schumeris getting laughs atDon’t Look Up’s expense.
The 40-year-old actress and comedian teased the 2021Netflixapocalyptic comedy during a monologue at the94th annual Academy Awardson Sunday evening.
After cracking jokes about various pop culture film moments from throughout the past year, Schumer then congratulated those in attendance for making movies, pointing out, however, “they weren’t all great.”
After singling outDon’t Look Upand itsnomination, Schumer joked, “I guess the Academy members don’t look up reviews,” which made the audience erupt with laughter as the camera panned to the film’s writer, producer, and directorAdam McKay.
“Wait a minute, I loved that movie,” she then added, before poking more fun at starJennifer Lawrencefor gaining “weight this year” amid her pregnancy, andLeonardo Dicapriofor making a movie to “fight climate change” so that, as Schumer said, he can “leave behind a cleaner planet for his [younger]girlfriends.”
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Earlier this year,Ron Perlmansaid that he isn’t here for theDon’t Look Upcriticisms when he spoke withThe Independent. There, he slammed film critics who didn’t praise the movie.
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“F— you and your self-importance and this self-perpetuating need to say everything bad about something just so that you can get some attention for something that you had no idea about creating,” Perlman, 71, told the outlet. “It’s corrupt. And it’s sick. And it’s twisted.”
Director McKay, 53, meanwhile, toldIndieWirethat he differs in opinion and encourages debate around the movie. He also said that he likes that audiences are divided.
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“It’s important to have debate and passionate critics. We’re living at a time like no other and stories are part of it. People should be hating them, loving them, going back and forth,” he said. “We welcome the negative reviews. I actually think it’s really good, that people should be fighting and passionate about it.”
In September 2021, DiCaprio, 47,told PEOPLEthat McKay “has an unparalleled ability to spark conversation with humor and timely stories.”
“I knew when I read his script that it was incredibly unique, as it struck an important chord concerning the modern world we live in,” he added at the time. “Adam has woven an incredibly timely message about society, how we communicate, our current priorities, and the climate crisis into an absurdly funny yet important movie.”
source: people.com
