The Golden Globes returned from the grave to praise ‘Oppenheimer’ in film and ‘Succession’ on television. ‘Barbie’ paled in her brilliance as she suffered what is called dying of success. Many nominations, nine, and few awards. J.A. Bayona left empty-handed with ‘The Snow Society’, while Lily Gladstone won best actress for ‘The Moon Killers’, the first time that an indigenous woman has won this recognition. Also left behind is the strike of scriptwriters and actors that marked the industry last year.
‘Barbenheimer’ was the slogan with which Hollywood forged a phenomenon that made millions of people return to movie theaters last summer. It acted as a catalyst after the serious crisis of the pandemic. Barbie and Oppeheimer were the two films that encouraged this rebirth. But at the Golden Globes, the beginning of the awards season, this business marriage suffered a breakup.
‘Oppenheimer’, the biography about the physicist considered the father of the atomic bomb, became the big winner of the evening held in Los Angeles. It was distinguished as the best dramatic film, in addition to adding four other relevant awards. On its list of successes are best director (Christopher Nolan), best dramatic actor (Cillian Murphy), best supporting role (Robert Downey jr.) and best soundtrack (Ludwig Göransson).
‘Barbie’, on the other hand, only won one new distinction, that of blockbuster film (what else could compete in this field?) and that of best song with ‘What was I made for’, by Billie Eilish (and her brother Finneas). The most promoted film suffered three very hard blows to its pride.
‘Poor creatures’, by Yorgos Lanthinos, Golden Lion in Venice, took away the scepter of best comedy film. It turned out to be so serious or more serious that Emma Stone, Lanthinos’ Frankenstein, snatched the scepter of best comedy actress from Margot Robbie, the human face and symbol of the Mattel doll.
In addition, Justine Triet and Arthur Harari deprived him of the Globe for best screenplay with ‘Anatomy of a Fall’. This film also won the award for best non-English speaking film. Competing in this category was J.A. Bayonne.
One of the most emotional moments of a nondescript evening featured Lily Gladstone, of the Osage Nation, with Blackfoot and Nez Perce origins, when she addressed the audience in her native language, “beautiful community nation that raised me, that “It encouraged me to keep going, to keep doing this,” he explained in English, in the loudest applause of the night. She praised the natives’ ability to culturally survive. It was the only distinction she treasured from ‘The Assassins of the Moon’, another favorite at the beginning of the night.
Among the winners were also Paul Giamatti, best comedy actor, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, both in the cast of ‘Those Who Remain’.
In the field of television there was more balance with a clear winner. ‘Succession’ won the awards for best dramatic production, the two leading actors (Sarah Snook and Kieran Culkin) and the supporting actor, Matthew MacFadyen. In this way, it tied in the historical classification of series with the most Globes, along with Mad Men and The X-Files.
Close behind was ‘The Bear’, best comedy production, which also won the distinctions of best actor, Jeremy Allen White, and actress, Ayo Edebiri. The limited series ‘Beef’ also won three awards, as the best of the nominees and for its two main actors, Ali Wong and Steven Yeun. In ‘The Crown’ only Lady Di had the distinction of supporting actress, that is, Elizabeth Debicki.
The Golden Globes returned from the death in which they succumbed as a result of their corruption, their lack of diversity, the boycotts… They are no longer behind the foreign press association, in disbandment after the scandal, but a private company. The broadcast corresponded to CBS, not NBC as before, but everything sounded similar. Or worse, because Jo Koy’s opening monologue only amused its author and did not even have a reference to the new stage that was inaugurated, nor to the drama of the strike. His only allegorical message came at the farewell: “Hollywood is back.”
