The expectation before some awards that each year open the season in
Hollywood
is not the usual.
There's the
pandemic
, of course, that will ruin the traditional red carpet vanity parade and after-parties that many flock to with the ambition of a movie role or a selfie on duty with the star they fish between whiskey and whiskey. .
But the dark clouds looming over the battered reputation of the
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
(HFPA), shaken by an investigation by the
Los Angeles Times
, have also been noted this year.
that denounces its corrupt practices - an open secret in the industry - and the fact that it does not have a single black member among the list of
87 journalists
that make up its restricted access club.
It seems that
the least this year are the nominations
.
In this regard, the criticism has also been numerous, prolonging even more the lament that the true connoisseurs of the matter in the United States have been singing for years.
That is the triumph of
Bohemian Rhapsody
for best film in 2019, the nomination of
Mars
for best comedy or the victory of
The Affair
-of Showtime- as best drama series ahead of Game of Thrones, a mass phenomenon that never took the
Golden Globe
, to name a few of the most controversial recent decisions.
2021 has been no different in that sense.
None of the four films directed and cast by black actors -
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
,
Judas and the Black Messiah
,
One Night in Miami
and
Da 5 Bloods
- made the cut, which is sure to further fuel complaints from the
Time 'sUp
movement.
who is lobbying and collecting signatures for greater inclusion among the
HFPA
.
On the other hand,
Hamilton
(Disney +), a musical recorded on
Broadway
that is not a film, was among the nominees for best comedy, to the surprise of many, as well as Sia's first work,
Music
, badly received by critics and still thus opting for prize.
Neither did
Emily in Paris
, Netflix's commercial light comedy,
seem to have a choice
, and there it is, among the five series aspiring to the
Golden Globe
in its category.
There would be nothing exceptional about its inclusion in these awards were it not for what the
Times
published
, the trip of 30 members of the
HFPA
to Paris in 2019 to attend the filming of the series with all expenses paid and in a luxury hotel at rate of $ 1,400 a night.
Corruption?
Coincidence?
This was explained to the
Times by
one of the most vocal actresses in her denunciation of the organization's practices,
Amy Schumer
.
"There are very sweet people in the HFPA, but the way they nominate and vote is disgraceful."
According to the count, there will be two starting favorites,
Mank
, with six nominations, and
The Trial of the Chicago 7
, with six others, ahead of the winner
of the Golden Lion of Venice
, the moving
Nomadland
, and
The Father
and
Promising Young Woman
.
On television it should also be an important night for
Netflix
, with six nominations for
The Crown
and five for
Schitt's Creek
.
The gala will be in the hands of
Tina Fey
and
Amy Poehler
for the fourth time, although it will be the first time they present it from different cities.
Fey will be in New York and Poehler will be at the awards' usual venue, the
Beverly Hilton
hotel
in Los Angeles
, with limited audiences at both venues due to the
pandemic
.
The awards will be delivered remotely and the winners will receive them from their homes, comfortably dressed and without the usual hustle and bustle of each year on the red carpet and the plethora of cameras.
It will undoubtedly be
the most amorphous
and controversial
prelude to the Oscars in memory
.
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