So, the Golden Globes just ended and, as usual, it was a horridly inconsistent mess in terms of awards. The Globes tend to drift towards what's 'mainstream' (God...I am a hipster) at the moment, hence things like Breaking Bad getting bumped to make room for The Walking Dead (Boo. Hiss.) and Piper Parabo getting nominated. For her work in a USA procedural. Now, I'm not dissing her acting, I'm just saying all it takes to be cast in a USA procedural is good looks, charm, and the ability to say dialogue fast. Anyways, since this is a television blog, I'll be focusing on the TV side of things and not the movies. Ok, one thing for the movies...why the hell did Burlesque get so many nominations? Seriously? Boo. Hiss.
Let's start with drama. Boardwalk Empire won for Best Actor and Best Drama Series. Now, why I may think Bryan Cranston deserved the emmy a little bit more (read: a lot) and I've only seen two episodes of Boardwalk Empire and I'm still on the first season of Mad Men, I'm gonna go ahead and say it should have gone Mad Men. This based entirely on what I've heard from other people and the fact that I thought watching Boardwalk Empire was the most boring two hours I've ever spent staring at a screen (wait...that's not true. I saw an episode of American Idol last year. Boo. Hiss.). I don't watch Sons of Anarchy, but from what I understand, Katey Segal deserved that award.
On the comedy front, Jim Parsons won a globe for his work on The Big Bang Theory. While I may not be a big fan of the show or his character on said show, I do have to agree that his work is impressive, albeit rather one- note. Same goes for Jane Lynch winning for Glee. Didn't really think any of the other nominees in these categories were deserving, other than the Modern Family actors. I really wouldn't care either way. And can we stop nominating Nurse Jackie for comedy awards? Edie Falco said it herself at the Emmys: IT'S NOT A COMEDY! But the majority of my bitterness towards the Golden Globes this year comes from the winner of best comedy: Glee. Get ready for a rant...
BOO! HISS!
I don't hate Glee. I hate the fact that it's so damn successful. And where as many of Glee's criticizers have no validity because they've never seen an episode and think 'singing + dancing = gay', I've seen all 22 episodes of season one. This show is ridiculously inconsistent. Its two main characters are insufferable (and yet somehow, both actors ended up with Golden Globe nominations) the plots are tired and predictable, the characters are ridiculosuly cliche (token gay guy, token asian goth, token dumb blonde, ect.) and half of each episode is music that I don't care to listen to. Out of all 22 episodes I watched, I only enjoyed one song: Dream On, because after Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog, I enjoy anything Neil Patrick Harris sings in. I just don't understand the appeal. It bugs me that this show is massively successful while shows like Community and Parks and Recreation are struggling to survive. I applaud the show for trying something different. It's a concept I can get down behind, but the execution is just not there. It requires a huge suspension of disbelief. Are we really supposed to believe that these kids are struggling to win competitions? And as someone who plays in a show choir band, I can tell you that if you gave us new music, we would not have it ready by the end of the week. I think Glee is a lazy, inconsistent mess all underneath a good idea. This could quite potentially lead me into a ginormous hipster- douchebag rant about how people don't know what quality is anymore or that we're a society that's consuming vapid entertainment without questioning it, but I'll save that for another blog post.
So, uh...how bout them Globes?
Boo. Hiss.
you're not a hipster. stop pretending you are. glee is awesome.
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