This is an official withdrawal of yesterday's public service announcement with regard to Ricky Gervais and his potential to upset, offend or otherwise provoke reactions of shock and horror at his cutting and risque remarks and jokes at the expense of the Hollywood crowd.
No PSA was needed.
At best he was mildly funny on a couple of occasions. Was it "take the money and run"? I felt that after his monologue that he sort of just gave up any original material. Maybe he WAS gagged but they didn't admit it? The conspiracy theories will, no doubt, abound.
The Angelina 'haters' seem to be out in full force - they all seem to know her intimately and are able to 'accurately' translate her facial expressions as ones of contempt for the whole process and everyone around her. Come on - I don't know if that's true or not but I think the criticism is a bit mean. I liked her dress even if the red lippy was a bit harsh looking for my old eyes!
Dress round-up (I'm no fashionista) - Sarah Michelle Gellar was in a tie-dye gown that looked like it had been made from the same material as one of my Rolling Stones T-shirts - just didn't look good. Michelle Williams' dress was nice but my favourite of the night was the simple black dress worn by Rooney Mara and Madonna just needed to get one a size bigger - her breasts looked just uncomfortable. As for the guys - who cares!? I'm hoping one year Ryan Seacrest will ask a guy what he's wearing and they'll say "Thrift Store" or "It's mine - had it since I was 20" or "It's hired".....
Everyone seems to be cooing at Seth Rogan and his penis/erection joke - REALLY???? it was worthy of a 12 yr old at best - is America just starting to accept the cock-gag (gag means joke btw - no pun intended). This wasn't even a joke - it was a one line shock soundbite. Really disappointed - I thought Seth was better than a cock joke.
Some of the talent tried to have a 'go' at Gervaisesque humour often trying to get back at him. Why try? Really? Madonna made a complete arse of herself relating to kissing a girl and suggesting Ricky might be that girl..... and that fake accent! I know she lives in the UK but really there are many Americans who live in the UK and don't get an accent like that.
Johnny Depp, again, had the right idea - laugh about it! BTW - I thought Johnny was on a 5 beer buzz or something else - he seemed 'on something' to me - but he managed his 'best film' introduction ok.
I had no really bad reactions to any of the awards presented, no surprises - nice to see whacky Meryl get a gong for the Iron Lady - must see that film!
Homeland was a big winner but as it's not been shown in Canada I can't say whether it's award is warranted.
I am a bit puzzled as to why The Big Bang Theory wasn't nominated in more categories - also a bit puzzled as why Boardwalk Empire didn't win more and, frankly, most of my favourite shows were not even nominated as Sci-Fi and anything remotely 'fantasy' based never seems to get much in the way of nominations or awards. I have to say it was nice to see 'Person of Interest' get a People's Choice Award last week as 'Best New Show'.
Other than that, the 3 hours went without a hitch - but it was all the more boring for it - I was glad when it ended.
Until the Oscars.......or the SAG awards....
PS - can a Canadian channel please pick up Homeland now it's won an award so we can see what the award was based upon? Thanks.
