Golden shower
Okay, hands up all who were aware that the Golden Globes awards ceremony was being held yesterday? Yeah, me neither.
After last year's event was held in private, I'd kinda forgotten it existed. But exist it does. And this year it was back to being broadcast, although several people are questioning why. This time, not because the HFPA isn't diverse enough, or is corrupt, but because the show itself was apparently a damned awful bore.
the reconstituted group running things now couldn't have intended the event to be so earnest and just plain dull, from Jo Koy, the blandest, least funny host in recent memory, to the sober, safe acceptance speeches. There were no political statements, no drunken rambling, no jaw-dropping surprises among winners and losers, all the things that made the old show at least fun to watch.
Caryn James, Golden Globes 2024: Let's hope the Oscars can provide more fun, BBC Culture
I can't help but think that no political statements
from cosseted mummers talking down to the great unwashed should be seen as something of a win. Probably not enough to justify watching the bloody thing though.