You must forgive your host for these next two and final Globe nom survey questions. Please blame the heavy NyQuill and other drugs for his terminl cold flu situation of the past 48 hours. After snubs and favorites, I asked the team which categories would make the Best Dinner Party and the Best Orgy. No really, I did. I apologize.
Here are the responses and I expect yours, too. Amuse me on my deathbed* in the comments please
*not really but that's what it feels like
WHICH CATEGORY WOULD MAKE THE BEST DINNER PARTY?
Lynn: Lead actress, musical/comedy - I mean Meryl Streep alone would be the draw, but her plus La Bening and my girl-crush Emma Stone? I expect the young'uns (Hailee and Lily Collins) to maintain a respectful awed silence in the presence of these goddesses. ;)
Bill: Either Film Actress Musical/Comedy, as it's hard to resist a one-two punch of Bening and Streep in the same room, or Foreign Language Film, with a bunch of super talented people (Verhoeven, Ade, Farhadi, Larrain) and an interesting new talent (Uda Benyamina).
Abstew: Best Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. THE BENING!!! Meryl can make the crab thing. Emma's a charmer. And Lily and Hailee can just sit and take notes from the two legends. And they're sure to be dressed in something fashion forward. A mix of classic and new Hollywood.
Nathaniel: Though I would surely be struck dumb I have to be in the room where Bening and Streep happen.
Nick Davis: Best Actress (Drama), for all the standard reasons, but also because Isabelle Huppert would be stimulating everyone with her feet underneath the table.
Tim: Actress, Drama in a walk. I mean, any list that's Huppert + four other people would do it for me, but it seems like that's the category with the broadest range of life experiences.
John: Viola, Naomie, Nicole, and Octavia. Michelle probably won't be able to make it anyway ("Sorry guys, I'm accepting the Nobel tonight for my ten-minute work on Manchester.").
Manuel: I'm torn here between Supporting Actress Motion Picture Drama (Kidman! Viola! Octavia!) and Comedy Actress Television (Ross! SJP! JLD! Rae! Rodriguez!). It would come down to whether I want a laughfest with the funniest ladies on television, or whether I'd be in the mood to nudge Nicole into getting any of the many auteurs she has on speed dial on the phone and pitch them collaborations with Viola, Octavia, and Naomie.
Joe Reid: Supporting Actress in a Movie puts up a damn good fight, but I'll take the six ladies in Actress in a TV Comedy. What a wonderful mix of humor and youth and wisdom and experiences.
Dancin' Dan: These ladies aren't just funny, they're interesting, and it's also the only category where I unabashedly love every single one of the people and performances nominated.
Jose: OMG Best Actress in a Television Series Musical or Comedy. especially if it's a potluck so we can all side eye SJP's kale salad
Margaret: Lead Actress in a TV Comedy, hands down. In interviews alone, each of these ladies is hilarious and thoughtful and impossibly charming. Getting to sit around a table with Issa Rae, Gina Rodriguez, Tracee Ellis Ross, Rachel Bloom and reigning queens SJP and JLD over a few pitchers of sangria is a better fate than any mere mortal deserves.
WHICH CATEGORY WOULD MAKE THE BEST ORGY?
Bill: Imma go with Musical/Comedy Actor. I know no shame.
Jose: *puts on speedo, slathers himself in lube and jumps into Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture*
Murtada: Any category that has Ali, Patel and Taylor Johnson must be the one. Seeing Patel emerge as this year's hunk - that hair, that lean bod - is a thing of beauty. Let's forget to tell Helberg about it, though I'll take 1984's Bridges.
Nathaniel: This question is horrible. I apologize for asking it. But I'd probably end up Bridges categories because Fabulous Baker Boys Door in the Floor Crazy Heart Against All Odds Last Picture Show and years of accumulated fantasy. (Bonus points: Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Dev Patel because who saw THAT coming?
Joe Reid: Jeff Bridges, God bless him, is currently 107 years old, otherwise I'd be all over the Aaron Taylor-Johnson/Mahershala Ali/Dev Patel action in Supporting Actor. I'll happily settle for Edgerton/Garfield/Viggo/Denzel in Best Actor: Drama.
Lynn: Lead actor in drama, easily. Two of my longstanding crushes (Viggo, Andrew Garfield) for the fantasies, plus Denzel for the class, Joel E for the darkness, and Casey Affleck for doing what the rest of us tell him to do or screwing himself.
Manuel: It's gotta be Best Actor Motion Picture Drama, yes? You've got Viggo, Joel, Andrew, Denzel, and Casey. That's a damn fine roster of gents. I only wish I could borrow Gosling from the Musical/Comedy category. Do you think Casey would mind if I swapped them?
Tim: Actor, Drama just barely edges out Supporting Actress, mostly thanks to presence of Mortensen, who you just know has some experience in this area.
Dancin' Dan: ACTOR, TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES. Each and every one a bona fide, grade A slice of man. And smart, to boot. Go ahead, quibble about John Turturro if you want, but I won't hear anything against any of the others.
Chris Feil: Best Actor - Limited Series, but I only mail the correct address to Riz Ahmed.
Nick: The one with Nick Nolte, obviously.
Nathaniel: What? No takers for TV Drama Actors? or Screenwriters? Perhaps the readers will fill in the gaps in the comments!