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Good One

Why Can't Comedies Win Best Picture?

Good One

Vox Media Podcast Network

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Griffin Newman and Allison Willmore take a look at the Academy's complicated relationship with comedy, specifically why they never seem to want to give them awards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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1:01.8

A lot of the comedy movies that go over well with the Oscars are a director with a comedic bent successfully making a more dramatic actor funny.

1:12.0

Yeah.

1:12.4

They would greatly prefer a kind of, wow, did you see Cameron Crow made Tom Cruise funny?

1:17.5

Mm-hmm.

1:18.1

You know, they made Clark Gable funny.

1:20.6

They made...

1:21.2

I mean, that's the thing that's like we talk about, like, oh, the Academy doesn't appreciate comedy,

1:25.8

but I think the most striking thing I keep on thinking about is like Emma Stone is the most decorated actor of our generation.

1:31.8

All those performances are comedic performances.

1:34.3

Absolutely.

1:34.8

If anything, it's like actually striking how few just understated, she just doesn't do it.

1:39.4

No.

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