Perhaps in an effort to stave off worries about the impending T****ocalyspe, I've been doing a whole lot of pretending it's still last Sunday night in my head to relive the joys of the most consistent part of life that's not as depressing as taxes and death: awards shows!
So I did a quick poll of Team Experience to get one last rush of feelings out about the Golden Globes before we're on to Oscar nominations (Jan 24th) and SAG Awards (Jan 29th). Four happy questions after the jump. You should answer them, too. More being merrier, etcetera...
What actors are you dying to see co-star and in what kind of film after last night's event?
MURTADA: Both gave wise witty winning speeches so let's get Tracee Ellis Ross and Viola Davis together in a comedy. Maybe they could be private detectives solving an international mystery that takes them to many strange places.
MATTHEW: Meryl and Viola in a moody mother-daughter drama. It could honestly just be a word-for-word, shot-for-shot remake of Autumn Sonata, which I realize is sacrilege, but I honestly don't care. These two need an on-screen reunion in something worthy of their talents.
ERIC: How about Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams in a smart, nonbullshit romantic comedy?
MANUEL: I'm still waiting for a Gael/Diego reunion worth our time. A gay rom-com may, perhaps, be too much to ask for, but I'd love to see a bromantic dramedy that capitalizes on their undeniable chemistry.
NICK: Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon in a documentary about my 40th birthday party. Or Goldie Hawn and Amy Schumer in Jean Genet's The Maids, like it's never been done before. They can pick their third.
JORGE: Naomi Campbell and Matt Bomer need to star in a Westworld spinoff set in the 1970s New York disco scene. They, of course, play the perfect hosts with a secret.
Which win made you happiest and why?
NICK: Moonlight and Huppert. Because they are so far out ahead of even the good work they were nominated against, much less the more dubious inclusions in each category. I'm not expecting repeats at the Oscars, but they give a girl hope. And Barry Jenkins's glasses game is so A+++!
JOSE: Elle's mini sweep was a delicious reminder of how transgressive the Globes can be.
ERIC: Isabelle Huppert, of course. The love affair between her and Verhoeven must have Sharon Stone fuming with jealousy.
STEVEN: Moonlight winning best picture drama, after crushing defeats in supporting actor and screenplay, I was sure it was done for, and started worrying about this affecting its nomination tally at the Oscars. I actually sighed a breath of relief when it won.
JORGE: I would do unspeakable things to the creative music team behind La La Land, but I'm going on a tangent...
What was your favorite acceptance speech (other than Meryl's) on Sunday night and why?
LYNN: Emma Stone's. A nice callout to struggling actors/artists everywhere, and a timely reminder of one of La La Land's core themes that can get a little lost in all the swooning over its more romantic and fantastical elements.
NICK: Tracee's, Viola's, and Ryan's, because they had thought about what they wanted to say and said it, but expressed those thoughts with sincerity, plausible spontaneity, and impeccable emotional truth. Oh my god, and Paul Verhoeven's! Because those two frigging love each other. And I would never have thought of them as collaborators but it makes so much sense, and he really wants her to win that Oscar. (I know you only wanted one, but I won't be ignored, Dan!)
DANCIN' DAN: Paul Verhoeven, turning his acceptance speech into a hymn of praise to Isabelle Huppert, which is just how everyone should accept every award in every year.
MATTHEW: Tracee Ellis Ross' win gave us an unimpeachably lovely moment to revel in. I don't regularly watch Black-ish, but I've seen enough episodes to know that Ross is easily one of our most creative and unheralded comedic forces — unheralded, that is, until Sunday, when Ross became the first black performer since Debbie Allen (!) to pick up a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy. That specific prize could have gone any which way last night and while I'm partial to Insecure's radiant Issa Rae, it was still a total pleasure to see Ross seize the spotlight and exude such pure, unadulterated delight at this late-career recognition. Ross delivered one of the night's most eloquent and exemplary speeches, thanking all of her key collaborators, but also finding the time to recognize this watershed moment of inclusion that has enabled a show as gloriously specific and slyly subversive as Black-ish (and Atlanta and Insecure and Jane the Virgin) to even exist, providing actresses like Ross with the most compelling material of their careers. Watching a beaming Ross squeal, "I like it here!" with her Globe in-hand is a sweet, joy-inducing memory that I'll certainly be returning to in the next few weeks.
Isabelle Huppert's Speech was _______ ?
MATTHEW: Maybe one of the most convincing performances of her entire career? I do believe Huppert is genuinely thrilled and even flummoxed by this extraordinary surge of richly-deserved recognition. But do I also believe that Huppert has witnessed her fair share of breathless, tongued-tied acceptance speeches over the years to know how to impeccably reenact one and thus appease the PR flacks at Sony Pictures Classics who are doing an admittedly amazing job at getting her difficult film (and even more difficult performance) seen by those with voting power.
MANUEL: Giggly and gracious. Much too short.
NICK: Something I never expected to hear, and I don't think she did, either.
JOSE: ...
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