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The last thing anyone needed at the Golden Globes was Ricky Gervais to reprimand them..
Very good commentary about the hypocrisy of Ricky Gervais...
Link to tweet
Review: Politics reigned at the Golden Globes. Too bad Ricky Gervais didn’t notice
Forget the escapist magic of Hollywood. Nihilism was the name of the game when host Ricky Gervais opened the Golden Globes on Sunday night with a gloom-and-doom monologue so cynical it made the effervescent Tom Hanks scowl.
"Let's go out with a bang. Let's have a laugh at your expense," said the snarky British comedian to the crowd of A-listers who'd looked eager to get the party started until hestepped onstage. "Remember, they're just jokes. We're all gonna die soon and there's no sequel, so remember that."
The 58-year-old former Golden Globe winner (The Office) and five-time host also flippantly reminded the packed room that, "No one cares about movies anymore," and advised, "If you do win an award tonight, don't use it as a platform to make a political speech. You're in no position to lecture the public about anything. You know nothing about the real world." ...
Gervais' disingenuous call for an apolitical evening was also answered by Russell Crowe — in absentia — when he won for actor in a limited series or TV movie for Showtime's Roger Ailes docudrama "The Loudest Voice." ...
https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-golden-globes-ricky-gervais-review-20200106-w3bilbr5vzadpm6qaolv6xjqpi-story.html
Forget the escapist magic of Hollywood. Nihilism was the name of the game when host Ricky Gervais opened the Golden Globes on Sunday night with a gloom-and-doom monologue so cynical it made the effervescent Tom Hanks scowl.
"Let's go out with a bang. Let's have a laugh at your expense," said the snarky British comedian to the crowd of A-listers who'd looked eager to get the party started until hestepped onstage. "Remember, they're just jokes. We're all gonna die soon and there's no sequel, so remember that."
The 58-year-old former Golden Globe winner (The Office) and five-time host also flippantly reminded the packed room that, "No one cares about movies anymore," and advised, "If you do win an award tonight, don't use it as a platform to make a political speech. You're in no position to lecture the public about anything. You know nothing about the real world." ...
Gervais' disingenuous call for an apolitical evening was also answered by Russell Crowe — in absentia — when he won for actor in a limited series or TV movie for Showtime's Roger Ailes docudrama "The Loudest Voice." ...
https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-golden-globes-ricky-gervais-review-20200106-w3bilbr5vzadpm6qaolv6xjqpi-story.html
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