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.
