{"id":4980,"date":"2020-01-24T08:00:42","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T13:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bracketyackrc.wpengine.com\/?p=4980"},"modified":"2020-01-24T08:00:42","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T13:00:42","slug":"golden-globers-gawk-at-gesticulating-gervais-grandiloquence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=4980","title":{"rendered":"Golden Globers Gawk at Gesticulating Gervais\u2019 Grandiloquence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Joseph Carrick<\/em><\/p>\n

Before we delve into the spectacle that took over social by storm, let\u2019s take a quick look at the Golden Globes itself. The Golden Globes honor film and American television shows and are hosted by the Hollywood Foreign Press. There is a long slew of awards given during the ceremony \u2013 including 15 motion picture awards and 12 Television awards. However, there are usually only a few key awards that gain traction in the presses: Best Drama Film, Best Musical\/Comedy Film, Best Drama Series, Best Musical\/Comedy Series, Best Miniseries\/Television movie, and two unofficial yet important attributes: Most awarded and most nominated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the same order as listed above, the winners are <\/span>1917<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Once Upon a Time in Hollywood<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Succession<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Fleabag<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Chernobyl<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Once Upon a Time in Hollywood <\/span><\/i>(3 awards), and <\/span>Marriage Story<\/span><\/i> (6 nominations). This also marked the second year the \u201cCarol Burnett Award\u201d was awarded, and therefore it is technically the first year it was awarded to someone who was not Carol Burnett. Ellen DeGeneres won the award this year thanks to her many television shows as well as her philanthropic work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Now for the part literally everyone reading this has been waiting for: the opening speech given by Ricky Gervais. Gervais is a British comedian known for his insults, black comedy, and as a frequent host of the Golden Globes. Seeing as this was his last year hosting the event, he apparently decided to end his tenure by calling out the entirety of Hollywood and Corporate America for being two-faced, moral-less know-nothings not worth the grandeur they bestow upon themselves in these lavish award ceremonies only they seem to care about.<\/span><\/p>\n

There seems to be no safe from his scathing tirade of an opening monologue. To give a succinct idea of how well-rounded his rebuke was, here is a list of just a few people targeted in the monologue in order of appearance: NBC (the network providing exclusive coverage), Kevin Hart (the previous host fired for offensive tweets), the Hollywood Foreign Press (the host), Felicity Huffman (who pleaded guilty to \u201cmail fraud\u201d and \u201chonest services mail fraud\u201d), all the TV and film executives present at the ceremony (for allegedly supporting pedophiles), the Hollywood Foreign Press again (for being racist), Jeffrey Epstein (for not killing himself), everyone who just groaned at the previous joke (for believing he actually killed himself), nearly every film (for being lazy sequels and remakes), <\/span>Cats<\/span><\/i> (for existing), Apple (also for existing and supporting child slavery), everyone in attendance (\u201cif ISIS had a streaming service you\u2019d call your agent\u201d), and, again, everyone in attendance \u201cMost of you spent less time in school than Greta Thunberg\u201d).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The full monologue is available just about everywhere. You can probably just twitter search \u201cgolden globes speech\u201d and it will likely still be trending there.<\/span><\/p>\n

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