Amy Poehler has some choice words about the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ‘ snubbing of comedic performances.

The Saturday Night Live vet and Parks and Recreation alumna blasted the Oscars for devaluing the genre in a recent interview on her Good Hang podcast. As part of her standard format, she invited The Roses star Benedict Cumberbatch to the show to come up with questions for her guest, co-star Olivia Colman. It was during their introductory discussion that the Doctor Strange actor made the point: “If you can do comedy , you can do anything, I really do believe that.”

Poehler responded, “Of course. You don’t have to tell me, babe. Every single year at the Oscars, everybody gets blanked and all the serious people get up and accept and accept and accept,

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