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This yearsGolden Globe Awardsbegan like a commute on the morning after Labor Day.
You know its going to be awful, but you do it anyway.
And while its happening, you go, Yep, this is as awful as I expected.
Listen, I dont dislike Ricky Gervais.
Ive enjoyed many of the TV shows and films he has made and his performances in them.
But I am tired of him as Golden Globes host, the role he was born to stop playing.
And apparently, so is he.
The least risky thing in the world is announced apathy.
(His work as Uncle Ned onFamily Ties, however, went totally unrepresented.
I think we can all agree it was one of the nights major oversights.)
Awkwafina did win for her emotional work inThe Farewell,and looked pretty stunned when it happened.
The Golden Globes are weird.
Everyone thoughtOnce Upon a Time in Hollywoodwould win for Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and it did.
(She was smiling, by the way.
For the 800th time: Jennifer Aniston is fine now!
Olivia Colman won, too not forFleabag, but for taking over as Queen Elizabeth on NetflixsThe Crown.
Netflix and its shunning was a big surprise of the night.
Unbelievable: Got nothing.
The Irishman: Nothing!
Was it shocking that the acceptance speeches got political?
Its what men have been doing for years, which is why the world looks so much like them.
What will we remember about these Golden Globes?
Gervais is right, and so is Arquette: Probably not much, including who won.
(Ive already nearly forgotten thatMissing Linkwon Best Animated Film.)
