On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 6:29 AM, Jon Delfin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Alessandra Stanley misses the point again (deliberately?). Analyzing > the Golden Globes presentation for the New York Times, she writes of > emcee Ricky Gervais: > > ---- > > It wasn't his best night or the most mirthful audience, but Mr. > Gervais was predictably profane and disrespectful of his peers. At one > point he stood with a beer in his hand and said, "I like a drink as > much as the next man." He paused a beat then added mischievously, > "unless the next man is Mel Gibson." > > ---- > > A slap at Mel Gibson, right? Not exactly. When Gervais said it, he was > introducing the next presenter -- Mel Gibson. > And Gibson happily played along. I do agree with her though that the GGs lacked a certain mirth. Gervais was good but not great, partly because the hall seemed kind of dead. The Gibson joke was not the big issue - they did not seem to like his running commentary on the self-importance of actors; and his parody of the self promotion of awards shows fell flat because there is no way to parody that - it seemed too real. How could it not, when the self-important "prestige" award of the night to Marty Scorcese was so obviously nothing but an extended commercial for his next Leo flick (and haven't I been seeing coming attractions for that film since at least mid summer? What has taken so long? I thought it had come out and left and I missed it. One thing that seemed new was that, at least here in the Bay Area, they thought the GG were no nice they showed them twice - once live at 5:00 pm and immediately again at 8:00. I have been saying this is what they should do for events like this for a long time, but I don't remember them actually doing it before. I will be interested to see if they break down just the PT 8:00 ratings, and how that compares to regular, non-football sunday night fare on NBC. I think I have asked this before, but who the hell is Billy Bush, and what is he doing on my tv screen? If they had intentionally tried to put together the most obnoxious person in the world they could not have done a better job than him. That said, the interview with Julia Roberts and Tom Hanks was the funniest sequence of the entire night. I'm sure most people expected a lot of NBC jokes, but aside from a few references by Gervais, and one by The Good Wife, there really were not many - I have to think that along with the order to thank the "Hollywood Foreign Press" within the first 5 seconds everyone was told they would never work in this town again if they made fun of NBC. There was one moment when someone was thanking their agent or something with a last name of Zucker, and she paused for a long moment, and I thought she was going to add parenthetically "not the asshole Zucker", but she didn't. Nobody does or should care too much who wins these things, but I was glad to see the Dexter guys get some love, they had a great season, and Michael C Hall is obviously going through a tough time - when he won it seemed like Lithgow had tears in his eyes, which I doubt was due to the import of the GG. But they say he is in remission, so that is good. Also, I enjoyed Avatar, and having it nominated with one of the 5 extra slots will help the Oscars' ratings (will they be nominating The Hangover too?) but please, give the Oscar to its rightful owner - The Hurt Locker.
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