They used to do it with retards. That was a big thing with Oscars. It was like, oh, this guy's playing a tard. We got to give it to him.

And now it's more skin color based.

The 98th Annual Academy Awards drew 17.8 million viewers on ABC, the lowest watched Oscar telecast since 2022.

There are a lot of performances over the years where people who are not from the South played the part that actually use that accent and they win Academy Awards and stuff.