Re: Ricky Gervais as Master of Ceremonies, Not Civility

> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/17/movies/awardsseason/17watch.html

> The Golden Globe ceremony is a formerly marginal awards show . . .

Formerly marginal?  Seems to me I always saw Golden Globe victories touted 
very loudly in the newspaper ads, back when I started paying attention to 
such things back in the '80s.  (Or is it just the *show* that was 
marginal, and not the actual awards themselves?)

> Ricky Gervais, the master of ceremonies, broke the rule of paying homage 
> to the obscure foreign journalists whose one lever of power are those 
> awards. He was merciless from the start, mocking his hosts for 
> nominating the stars of the badly reviewed movie “The Tourist.”

Just for the record, I kind of *liked* The Tourist.  True, Depp and Jolie 
might not have quite the charisma you'd expect, or want, but it was a fun 
little romp in its own way.  I'm with this guy, more or less:

http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2011/01/understanding-screenwriting-67/

> Christian Bale also startled the room by sneering at the entertainment 
> reporters who voted to give him the award for best supporting actor in a 
> motion picture. Mr. Bale said that he never really knew anything about 
> the association, and joked that on press junkets he wondered who “those 
> awful characters” in the room were.

I *loved* this bit ... partly because I've interviewed Christian Bale on a 
junket, myself.  (But I was in the "God room", not the HFPA room!)

> But the ratings of the awards show — and its importance to studios — 
> made it slightly more respectable. That is, until the inclusion of “The 
> Tourist,” in the category of best comedy or musical. That spy caper is 
> most definitely not a comedy (or a musical).

I dunno, it's not exactly a "drama", either, is it?

> Trashing the association that feeds you, on the other hand, is bad form, 
> or bad politics. Tom Hanks and Tim Allen seemed to be signaling their 
> disapproval of Mr. Gervais at the night’s end. Mr. Hanks said he could 
> recall “back when Ricky Gervais was a slightly chubby but very kind 
> comedian.” Mr. Allen replied sternly, “Neither of which he is now.”

Gervais, "very kind"?  When?  Where?

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