The 75th Golden Globe Awards was far from a jubilee celebration. It was,
in fact, quite low-key compared with previous editions of the show. Yes, it was
fun and exciting, as ‘Hollywood’s biggest party’ often is, with table seating
and booze flowing freely. However, from the word go, it was clear that they
weren’t going to try and top the big musical opening of last year’s awards. Of
course, it must’ve made a difference that there wasn’t any ‘Cinemascope’-worthy
source material like last year’s La La
Land. But none of that goes to say that host Seth Meyers was inadequate as
emcee. He was in fact quite funny, and he did play well with the unfortunate source
material he did have.
FOR THE WOMEN
The abuse in Hollywood informed Meyers’ turn as host, and he didn’t hold
back when it came to calling people out on their disgusting behaviour. He even
went so far as to say that in 20 years, when we see Harvey Weinstein in the ‘in
memoriam’ section, he’ll end up being the first departed Hollywood personality
to be booed. And people reacted. It was dark, but it was funny, and true, and
Weinstein deserved every bit of being made into a nasty joke.
But everyone was aware that what’s been going on in Hollywood has been
far worse than a nasty joke. And that’s why most of the attendees showed up in
black, in support of the ‘Time’s up’ movement for the women. The support was
overwhelming. While it’s good to see the most fashionable and timeless color in
such abundance on the red carpet, it was also encouraging to see that people
are not going to forget about this anytime soon. That a shift is taking place,
and there will be change.
BY THE WOMEN
Meyers made digs at President Donald Trump too. He said that it had been
implied that he had been somewhat responsible for Trump having run for
president, by saying at some point that Trump wouldn’t be able to do it. Meyers
went on, assuming that was true, and he just put it out there that Oprah wouldn’t
be able to do it either. That went beyond reverse psychology when Oprah made an
impassioned and powerful speech while accepting her Cecille B. DeMille award. It
was deeply informed by the fact that she’s a woman, and a person of color. People
would go on to call it her first campaign speech for 2020, and #Oprah2020 soon
began trending. While people can speculate over whether she actually decides to
run for president, and constantly hope that she does, all we can really do is
wait and watch.
Meanwhile, material made by women won big. The Nicole Kidman and Reese
Witherspoon-produced BIG LITTLE LIES won four Globes, including best limited
series. The Greta Gerwig-directed Lady
Bird won two awards, including best picture – musical or comedy. The Margaret
Atwood-written story won two Globes, including best series – drama.
OF THE WOMEN
And that wasn’t the extent of it. The power of women was evident through
all the big winners of the night. The best picture and series winners are all
about women.
Best series – drama: THE HANDMAID’S TALE, a dark satire, portraying the
disturbing and extreme disenfranchisement of women
Best series – comedy: THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL, a story about a woman
in the 50s who defies norms to do what makes her happy
Best limited series: BIG LITTLE LIES, about a group of women in a small
town linked to each other by a secret that was a result of tragic abuse
Best motion picture – drama: Three
Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, a story of a woman who holds local
authorities accountable for not doing their job of solving her daughter’s
murder
Best motion picture – musical or comedy: Lady Bird, a coming-of-age story of a teenage girl in Sacramento,
California
Not only are all of these stories of women, there are some very strong
and very relevant themes among them too.
If last year was all about proving that Hollywood isn’t ‘so white’, this
year is certainly about proving that time is indeed up. It’s safe to say that this
very necessary conversation will color the rest of this awards season as well, much like it did the Globes red carpet.
ALL THE WINNERS
Best
Television Series, Drama
THE HANDMAID’S
TALE
THIS IS US
THE CROWN
GAME OF THRONES
STRANGER THINGS
Best
Television Series, Comedy
BLACK-ISH
THE MARVELOUS
MRS. MAISEL
MASTER OF NONE
SMILF
WILL & GRACE
Best Limited
Series or Television Movie
BIG LITTLE
LIES
FEUD: BETTE AND JOAN
FARGO
TOP OF THE LAKE: CHINA GIRL
THE SINNER
Best Actress, Limited
Series or Television Movie
Nicole Kidman,
BIG LITTLE LIES
Reese Witherspoon, BIG LITTLE LIES
Jessica Lange, FEUD: BETTE AND JOAN
Susan Sarandon, FEUD: BETTE AND JOAN
Jessica Biel, THE SINNER
Best Actor,
Limited Series or Television Movie
Robert De Niro, THE WIZARD OF LIES
Kyle MacLachlan, TWIN PEAKS
Jude Law, THE YOUNG POPE
Ewan McGregor,
FARGO
Geoffrey Rush, GENIUS
Best Actress,
Television Series, Drama
Elisabeth
Moss, THE HANDMAID’S TALE
Claire Foy, THE CROWN
Katherine Langford, 13 REASONS WHY
Maggie Gyllenhaal, THE DEUCE
Caitriona Balfe, OUTLANDER
Best Actor,
Television Series, Drama
Freddie Highmore, THE GOOD DOCTOR
Sterling K.
Brown, THIS IS US
Bob Odenkirk, BETTER CALL SAUL
Jason Bateman, OZARK
Liev Schreiber, RAY DONOVAN
Best Actress,
Television Series, Comedy
Pamela Adlon, BETTER THINGS
Alison Brie, GLOW
Rachel
Brosnahan, THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL
Issa Rae, INSECURE
Frankie Shaw, SMILF
Best Actor,
Television Series, Comedy
Anthony Anderson, BLACK-ISH
Aziz Ansari,
MASTER OF NONE
Kevin Bacon, I LOVE DICK
William H. Macy, SHAMELESS
Eric McCormack, WILL & GRACE
Best
Supporting Actress, Television Series
Laura Dern,
BIG LITTLE LIES
Ann Dowd, THE HANDMAID’S TALE
Chrissy Metz, THIS IS US
Michelle Pfeiffer, THE WIZARD OF LIES
Shailene Woodley, BIG LITTLE LIES
Best
Supporting Actor, Television Series
Christian Slater, MR. ROBOT
David Harbour, STRANGER THINGS
Alfred Molina, FEUD: BETTE AND JOAN
Alexander Skarsgård,
BIG LITTLE LIES
David Thewlis, FARGO
Best Motion
Picture, Drama
Dunkirk
The Post
The Shape of
Water
Call Me by
Your Name
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Actress,
Motion Picture, Drama
Jessica Chastain, Molly’s Game
Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
Frances
McDormand, Three Billboards Outside
Ebbing, Missouri
Meryl Streep, The Post
Michelle Williams, All the Money
in the World
Best Actor,
Motion Picture, Drama
Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your
Name
Denzel Washington, Roman J.
Israel, Esq.
Tom Hanks, The Post
Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
Best Motion
Picture, Musical or Comedy
The Disaster
Artist
Get Out
The Greatest
Showman
I, Tonya
Lady Bird
Best Actress,
Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Judi Dench, Victoria & Abdul
Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan,
Lady Bird
Emma Stone, Battle of the Sexes
Helen Mirren, The Leisure Seeker
Best Actor,
Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Steve Carell, Battle of the Sexes
Ansel Elgort, Baby Driver
James Franco, The Disaster Artist
Hugh Jackman, The Greatest Showman
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
Best
Supporting Actress, Motion Picture
Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
Hong Chau, Downsizing
Allison
Janney, I, Tonya
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Octavia Spencer, The Shape of
Water
Best
Supporting Actor, Motion Picture
Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Armie Hammer, Call Me by Your Name
Richard Jenkins, The Shape of
Water
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Christopher Plummer, All the Money
in the World
Best Director,
Motion Picture
Guillermo del
Toro, The Shape of Water
Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards
Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
Ridley Scott, All the Money in the
World
Steven Spielberg, The Post
Best
Screenplay, Motion Picture
The Shape of
Water
Lady Bird
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
The Post
Molly’s Game
Best
Foreign-Language Motion Picture
A Fantastic
Woman
First They
Killed My Father
In the Fade
Loveless
The Square
Best Animated
Motion Picture
The Boss Baby
The
Breadwinner
Coco
Ferdinand
Loving Vincent
Best Original
Score, Motion Picture
Carter Burwell, Three Billboards
Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Alexandre
Desplat, The Shape of Water
Jonny Greenwood, Phantom Thread
John Williams, The Post
Hans Zimmer, Dunkirk
Best Original
Song, Motion Picture
‘Home’, Ferdinand
‘Mighty River’, Mudboumd
‘Remember Me’, Coco
‘The Star’, The Star
‘This Is Me’, The Greatest Showman
A well written piece. Women and their work most certainly dominated the Golden Globes this year, and hopefully it will repeat this at the Oscars.
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