Same. But as someone I know who covers that industry told me yesterday, the GGs are only about PR and marketing. Most of those folks don’t really take it seriously.
Martin Scorsese and Meryl Streep show up because they want their movies to be seen and enjoyed, which also makes them more money and makes it easier for them to get their next movie made. Also the perception (with some, but only some, support) that GG noms and wins help with Oscar noms and wins. Oscar has some perceived actual respect and honor, but also more on the marketing and profit. Matt Belloni at Puck News has been saying the whole reason the corruption and racism at HFP became an issue recently was because of a power play by a group of influential publicists who didn’t like how HFP managed the publicity created by the GG process and wanted a system that gave them more control. In the new GGs, they got that. Sent from Gmail Mobile On Tue, 9 Jan 2024 at 12:37 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > Frankly, given what is now common knowledge about what a scam the Golden > Globes are and the lack of character of the people who select them, I’m > more than a little annoyed by people I generally respect who participated > in the show again this week. > > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > > On Tue, Jan 9, 2024 at 12:29 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Michael Che suggesting comedians should boycott award shows... >> https://www.instagram.com/p/C11qldcLvmF/ (link, hat-tip NY Daily News' >> SNYde column >> <https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/01/08/michael-che-jo-koy-golden-globes-criticism-comics-should-boycott-hosting-award-shows/?lctg=D4D2A49FF452945A4445354243&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.nydailynews.com%2f2024%2f01%2f08%2fmichael-che-jo-koy-golden-globes-criticism-comics-should-boycott-hosting-award-shows%2f&utm_campaign=The-Daily-News-Flash&utm_content=hybrid> >> ) >> B >> >> PGage, Jan 8th: >> >> I do wish Koy had asked for and taken my advice; he would have been >> better off skipping this gig. I don’t think his set went over well. Not >> really his fault - they didn’t give him much time to prepare, and he did >> not have the status to really kid around with big stars. The audience >> looked like they were all saying “who the fuck is this guy?”. Even my wife >> didn’t really dig it very much. He would have been better off doing 3 min >> of his Filipino son schtick and then leaning into his outsider status, >> rather than trying to be Billy Crystal. You know you are in trouble when >> you are an Asian comedian and Will Ferrell gets a bigger laugh for his >> sushi joke than you do. >> >> But he did his job; filled the space while cameras verified that all the >> big names showed up (I counted two big names from Succession as only >> notable absences. Also Ricky Gervais). >> >> Nothing very notable happened - probably Lily Gladstone winning for >> Flower Moon, while not surprising, was most interesting. The two flavors of >> Hollywood liberal did not fight it out in public over Israel, as some >> feared. Mostly seemed to demonstrate that the GGs had been detoxified and >> Hollywood was clear to again use it to hype their films and careers. I >> suspect we will see a bigger named host next year. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/b3af23b1-1bfc-416b-9ceb-e24304ef2356n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/b3af23b1-1bfc-416b-9ceb-e24304ef2356n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4BJ5Xvr8fWB%2B5LrG%2BDBdPyKS_RToTxj%2B-bAXAw1GUmnAA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4BJ5Xvr8fWB%2B5LrG%2BDBdPyKS_RToTxj%2B-bAXAw1GUmnAA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKRZLJfQSW50fU9-NCiTF7ffYveacXurbJ%2Bj7L_NPNK%2BQ%40mail.gmail.com.
