Last year, the Golden Globes put on their big-boy pants for once.
The film nominees they picked were uncharacteristically respectable across the board …
Last year, the Golden Globes put on their big-boy pants for once. The film nominees they picked were uncharacteristically respectable across the board and, save for “Parasite” being relegated to the foreign language category, accurately predicted most of the eventual Oscar winners. The world couldn’t believe it. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, a real pack of loons, didn’t even nominate “Cats,” in keeping with their usual tastelessness. Has the newfound maturity of these 90 foreign journalists stuck in 2021? Just barely. The nominations, which were announced Wednesday, would suggest a straitjacket is still in order. While “Mank” came out on top with a well-deserved six nods, one of the nuttiest decisions an award show has made in ages is the HFPA’s choice to treat “Hamilton” as a bona fide movie. “Hamilton” is an excellent, groundbreaking, once-in-a-generation Broadway musical. Rap, history, yada yada. But let’s be clear: It is not cinema. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical on Disney+ is a well-shot theatrical production featuring performances captured nearly five years ago that were conceived, developed and directed for the stage.
