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Golden Globes 2017: speeches and fashion — 14 Comments

  1. Not only do they need script writers to give them the words to say and directors to direct them in how to say other’s words but their choices in what to wear to a formal occasion demonstrate they still need adults to tell them what to wear. Pathetic.

  2. Maybe it is just my age, but the Oscars, Golden Globe, Grammy, etc., increasingly looks like nothing more than a hype machine for the least important people (who evidently over-rate their own importance).

    Didn’t watch the Globes, so didn’t know about streep’s comments. And… don’t care.

  3. You’re a celebrity to us, Neo, and we’ve always got time to hear what you have to say. Streep, not so much.

  4. I think the definitive take on Meryl Streep’s pronouncements was written by Piers Morgan. I’m no Morgan fan, but this is worth the read just for the command of the English language.

    Teasers:

    “tinsel-encrusted pores”
    “Clearly their collective high moral values are a movable feast.”

    As The Professor says: “Read the whole thing.”

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4102026/PIERS-MORGAN-Sorry-Meryl-hypocritical-anti-Trump-rant-easily-worst-performance-career-apart-time-gave-child-rapist-standing-ovation.html

  5. Also, Paddy Chayefsky at the Oscars in 1977 (it’s been going on for a long time):

    “I would like to suggest to Miss Redgrave that her winning an Academy Award is not a pivotal moment in history, does not require a proclamation and a simple ‘Thank you’ would have sufficed.”

    Just change the name and the award. Thank you Paddy for a universal statement that, sadly, goes unheeded by those that need it most.

  6. Arrgh. I don’t know why it continues to surprise me when Trump takes the bait and bullies people back on Twitter, but I suppose we’ll have to get used to it (unless Melania or someone else is finally able to persuade him to set it aside for 4-8 years, starting Jan. 20. Not holding my breath.)

    That said, I agree with pretty much everything Mollie Hemingway says here about Meryl Streep’s soapbox at the Golden Globes:

    http://thefederalist.com/2017/01/09/5-reasons-meryl-streeps-golden-globes-speech-dud/

    She mentioned that she agreed with Katherine Hepburn’s assessment of Streep, which made them both outliers. So of course I had to go look up what Hepburn said. Which was, she thought that Streep was too cerebral and overly reliant on technique:

    http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/07/13/1058034871272.html

    Finally, re: Kidman’s dress, which was not attractive and somewhat over the top. Kidman apparently commented that while trying on dresses her young daughters fell in love with it and urged her to wear it, because it looked like a “fairy dress.” So, to indulge them, she wore it, even though it was not her usual style. So if that story is true, she loses fashion points but picks up Mom points instead.

  7. Glad to read that others aren’t terribly fond of Ms Streep. I never was enchanted with her acting chops.

    Put some shoulder pads on Meryl’s dress and Joan Crawford could have worn it.

  8. IMO Streep often over acts, although I have enjoyed several of her roles. I ignore what actors, musicians, and artists in general have to say about nearly everything. Pompous idiots will be pompous.

  9. Kidman has a soft spot in my heart, She reminds me of a younger Mrs parker minus the enhanced breasts.

  10. Meryl received the award for a lifetime body of work but she stooped to comment on a partisan issue. And what a pathetic and illogical speech to boot. She’s wealthy and out of touch with reality. It is easy to be a liberal if you are rich. I also note she wildly cheered for alleged child rapist Roman Polanski at an earlier awards show.

    Trump, in turn, responded with a tweet calling her over-rated. She’s a great actress but a hard core lib. He has got to stop punching down. Very, very disappointed in the both of them.

    It used to be the case where I never missed a Meryl movie. Now glad I didn’t see “Florence Foster Jenkins.”

  11. What raincityjazz said at 3:33 . . . and

    I think The Donald, in his own rouge-ish way, is reminding us that actors disrespect their craft when they use it for divisive political lecturing. They should write an op-ed or hold a press conference – not abuse the good will of a diverse group gathered to honor their acting [not their politics].

  12. “He has got to stop punching down”

    You ain’t seen nothing yet, Cornhead. Trump is Trump, even more thin skinned than the mannish boy. Short of amputating his thumbs or Ivanka stomping her high heels and screamng stop it daddy, djt will continue to engage in petty tweets. He is the scorpian riding the frog across the sewer otherwise known as the Potomac. The Donald got to be the donald.

    I saw that many moons and 1,000 miles away. But my vision may be sharper because I am closer to DC than you folks west of the Missouri. 😉

  13. Pop culture is not my cuppa tea these days, but I appreciate the post and comments. Keeps me in the know.

    Streep, (My, what a name.) has undertaken such a wide range of roles it isn’t surprising that she isn’t always convincing – all technique, no heart, or something like that.

    I liked her as Karen Blixen in Out of Africa. But I loved that movie so much maybe I did not notice her acting as much as I might have in, say, Bridges of Madison County, in which I didn’t think she was that wonderful.

    It’s normal to be critical of Trump if you are a Hollyweird denizen, but to cast journalists, actors, and foreign residents as endangered species under this administration is way over the top. Such self delusion and posing as victims by some very powerful, well-paid, well-protected progressives seems to be the norm these days. And a big reason why Trump is President-elect.

  14. Like others I have said I have always failed to warm to Streep, but thought it was just me. But what is being said here pretty well fits my experience. Nor did I have any sense of her politics so that isn’t it. I do have a sense of Gwyneth Paltrow’s politics and belief systems which I emphatically don’t share, but she just tickles me and I enjoy all the performances of hers I have seen. I also know a particular performance can change one’s impression of a particular performer. I never warmed to to Tom Cruise either until I saw him in A Few Good Men. His portrayal of the young jerk and then the young jerk growing up really got me. I still don’t like him but the right performance might convince me that Streep is better than I realized. Still I thank y’all and the President elect for making me aware I suffered from Streep indifference syndrome.

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