The Golden Globe nominations are in, and what stands out the most to me is how little respect this organization has for “real” comedies in its ‘Comedy/Musical’ category.
First of all, the idea of lumping comedies and musicals together is absurd — especially when films such as Walk the Line, La Vie en Rose and Ray are considered musicals. All three are pretty heavy dramas about people who sing… they are NOT musicals. What they are is an excuse for the Golden Globes to nominate even more dramas and ignore movies that actually make people laugh.
This year, the Globes went so far as to nominate SEVEN dramas, and then stocked the Comedy/Musical category with the likes of Across the Universe, Sweeney Todd and Charlie Wilson’s War (maybe Charlie Wilson really is primarily a comedy, but that wasn’t my impression). Yet they couldn’t find room for Knocked Up or Ratatouille, two films that are among the best reviewed of the year and also genuinely funny? Or even Superbad, which has its flaws but which tapped into something very sweet and real amidst the raunch. And no Walk Hard, also well-reviewed, which is both a musical (by the Globes’ standards) and a comedy? What a slap in the face for Judd in the ‘Year of Apatow!’
And I’ll let Amy express her outrage at the absence of Once from the Musical category, as well as all the rest.
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