GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS 2018 – ALL ABOUT THE WOMEN (IN BLACK)

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